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Project Gutenberg's Gardening Indoors and Under Glass, by F. F. Rockwell This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Author: F. F. Rockwell Release Date: September 1, 2007 [EBook #22484] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS *** Produced by Tom Roch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE PLANTING, CARE AND PROPAGATION OF HOUSE PLANTS, AND TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOTBED, COLDFRAME AND SMALL GREENHOUSE BY F. F. ROCKWELL Author of _Home Vegetable Gardening_ NEW YORK McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY 1912 Copyright, 1911, 1912, by McBride, Nast & Co. Published September, 1912 * * * * * [Illustration: Too few people realize the possibilities for enjoyment in prolonging the garden through the winter months indoors] FOREWORD There is nothing which adds so much sunshine and cheer to the rooms of a house besieged by winter and all his dreary encampment of snow and ice, as the greenery, color and fragrance of blossoming plants. There is no pastime quite so full of pleasure and constant interest as this sort of horticulture; the rooting of small slips, the repotting and watering and watching, as new growth develops, and buds unfold. Some have the magic gift, that everything they touch will break into blossom; others strive--perhaps too hard--only to gain indifferent results. It is hoped that this book will aid those of the second class to locate past mistakes and progress to future success; and further that it may indicate to those more fortunate ones of the first class the way to more extensive achievements in the work they love. This is not a
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