Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the Growing of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for Home Use

by L. H. Bailey

Manual of Gardening

A PRACTICAL GUIDE
TO THE MAKING OF HOME GROUNDS AND THE GROWING OF FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES FOR HOME USE

by L. H. Bailey

SECOND EDITION

1910

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Contents

[EXPLANATION]

[CHAPTER I. THE POINT OF VIEW]

[What a garden is]

[CHAPTER II. THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE]

[The plan of the grounds]

[The picture in the landscape]

[Birds; and cats]

[The planting is part of the design or picture]

[The flower-growing should be part of the design]

[Defects in flower-growing]

[Lawn flower-beds]

[Flower-borders]

[The old-fashioned garden]

[Contents of the flower-borders]

[The value of plants may lie in foliage and form rather than in bloom]

[Odd and formal trees]

[Poplars and the like]

[Plant-forms]

[Various specific examples]

[An example]

[Another example]

[A third example]

[A small back yard]

[A city lot]

[General remarks]

[Review ]

[CHAPTER III. EXECUTION OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES]

[The grading]

[The terrace]

[The bounding lines]

[Walks and drives]

[The question of drainage, curbing, and gutters]

[The materials]

[Making the borders]

[Making the lawn]

[Preparing the ground]

[The kind of grass]

[When and how to sow the seed]

[Securing a firm sod]

[The mowing]

[Fall treatment]

[Spring treatment]

[Watering lawns]

[Sodding the lawn]

[A combination of sodding and seeding]

[Sowing with sod]

[Other ground covers]

[CHAPTER IV. THE HANDLING OF THE LAND]

[The draining of the land]

[Trenching and subsoiling]

[Preparation of the surface]

[The saving of moisture]

[Hand tools for weeding and subsequent tillage and other hand work]

[The hoe]

[Scarifiers]

[Hand-weeders]

[Trowels and their kind]

[Rollers]

[Markers]

[Enriching the land]

[CHAPTER V. THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS]

[Sowing the seeds]

[Propagating by cuttings]

[Dormant stem-cuttings]

[Cuttings of roots]

[Green cuttings]

[Cuttings of leaves]

[General treatment]

[Transplanting young seedlings]

[Transplanting established plants and trees]

[Tub-plants]

[When to transplant]

[Depth to transplant]

[Making the rows straight]

[Cutting-back; filling]

[Removing very large trees]

[Winter protection of plants]

[Pruning]

[Tree surgery and protection]

[Tree guards]

[Mice and rabbits]

[Girdled trees]

[Repairing street trees]

[The grafting of plants]

[Keeping records of the plantation]

[The storing of fruits and vegetables]

[The forcing of plants]

[Coldframes]

[Hotbeds]

[Management of hotbeds]

[CHAPTER VI. PROTECTING PLANTS FROM THINGS THAT PREY ON THEM]

[Screens and covers]

[Fumigating]

[Soaking tubers and seeds]

[Spraying]

[Insecticide spraying formulas]

[Fungicide spraying formulas]

[Treatment for some of the common insects]

[Treatment for some of the common plant diseases]

[CHAPTER VII. THE GROWING OF THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS—THE CLASSES OF PLANTS, AND LISTS]

[Planting for immediate effect]

[The use of “foliage” trees and shrubs]

[Windbreaks and screens]

[The making of hedges]

[The borders]

[The flower-beds]

[Bedding effects]

[Plants for subtropical effects]

[Aquatic and bog plants]

[Rockeries and alpine plants]

[1. PLANTS FOR CARPET-BEDS]

[Lists for carpet-beds]

[2. THE ANNUAL PLANTS]

[List of annuals by color of flowers]

[Useful annuals for edgings of beds and walks, and for ribbon-beds]

[Annuals that continue to bloom after frost]

[List of annuals suitable for bedding (that is, for “mass-effects” of color)]

[List of annuals by height]

[Distances for planting annuals]

[3. HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS]

[Perennial herbs suitable for lawn and “planting” effects]

[A brief seasonal flower-garden or border list of herbaceous perennials]

[One hundred extra-hardy perennial herbs]

[4. BULBS AND TUBERS]

[Fall-planted bulbs]

[List of outdoor fall-planted bulbs for the North]

[Winter bulbs]

[Summer bulbs]

[5. THE SHRUBBERY]

[List of shrubbery plants for the North]

[Shrubs for the South]

[6. CLIMBING PLANTS]

[Annual herbaceous climbers]

[Perennial herbaceous climbers]

[Woody perennial climbers]

[Climbing roses]

[7. TREES FOR LAWNS AND STREETS]

[List of hardy deciduous trees for the North]

[Non-coniferous trees for the South]

[8. CONIFEROUS EVERGREEN SHRUBS AND TREES]

[List of shrubby conifers]

[Arboreous conifers]

[Conifers for the South]

[9. WINDOW-GARDENS]

[The window-box for outside effect]

[The inside window-garden, or “house plants”]

[Bulbs in the window-garden]

[Watering house plants]

[Hanging baskets]

[Aquarium]

[CHAPTER VIII. THE GROWING OF THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS—INSTRUCTIONS OF PARTICULAR KINDS]

Abutilons; agapanthus; alstremeria; amaryllis; anemone; aralia; araucaria; auricula; azaleas; begonias; cactus; caladium; calceolaria; calla; camellias; cannas; carnations; century plants; chrysanthemums; cineraria; clematis; coleus; crocus; croton; cyclamen; dahlia; ferns; freesia; fuchsia; geranium; gladiolus; gloxinia; grevillea; hollyhocks; hyacinths; iris; lily; lily-of-the-valley; mignonette; moon-flowers; narcissus; oleander; oxalis; palms; pandanus; pansy; pelargonium; peony; phlox; primulas; rhododendrons; rose; smilax; stocks; sweet pea; swainsona; tuberose; tulips; violet; wax plant.

[CHAPTER IX. THE GROWING OF THE FRUIT PLANTS]

[Dwarf fruit-trees]

[Age and size of trees]

[Pruning]

[Thinning the fruit]

[Washing and scrubbing the trees]

[Gathering and keeping fruit]