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Title: Your Plants
Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender
and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden

Author: James Sheehan

Release Date: May 15, 2007 [EBook #21442]

Language: English

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YOUR PLANTS.

PLAIN AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS
FOR THE TREATMENT OF
TENDER AND HARDY PLANTS
IN THE
HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN.

BY
JAMES SHEEHAN.

NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1919

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by the
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE.

CHAPTER I.
How to Make a Lawn 7

CHAPTER II.
Soil for Potting--Artificial Fertilizers 10

CHAPTER III.
Selecting and Sowing Seeds 12

CHAPTER IV.
Making and Planting Flower Beds 14

CHAPTER V.
Watering Plants--Is Cold Water Injurious? 16

CHAPTER VI.
Atmosphere and Temperature.--Insects 19

CHAPTER VII.
Wintering Plants in Cellars 21

CHAPTER VIII.
The Law of Color in Flowers 22

CHAPTER IX.
The Relation of Plants to Health 23

CHAPTER X.
Layering 25

CHAPTER XI.
Propagation of Plants from Cuttings 26

CHAPTER XII.
Grafting