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Klappentext First published in 1877, this is an illustrated guide to the cultivation of plants and flowers in the Victorian home. Zusammenfassung First published in 1877! this is a detailed guide to the cultivation of plants and flowers in the Victorian home! written for those living in towns and cities. Advising on matters ranging from watering methods to insect prevention! this well-illustrated resource will interest both gardening enthusiasts and social historians. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introductory remarks; 2. Suitable pots, vases, and hanging baskets; 3. The window box; 4. The window greenhouse; 5. Soil and drainage; 6. Potting and watering; 7. Filling window boxes; 8. On plants in our dwellings; 9. On the general care of plants and the window greenhouse; 10. Insects, their prevention and cure; 11. Propagation and training of plants; 12. Select flowering plants suitable for window gardening; 13. Bulbous, rooted, and rock plants; 14. Hardy ferns for window gardeners; 15. Hardy ferns (cont.); 16. Greenhouse ferns and mosses; 17. Plant growing in Wardian cases; 18. Filmy ferns in cases and under bell-glasses; 19. Pot-plants for windows, and the labelling of specimens; 20. Balcony and area gardening; 21. The floral decorations of rooms, halls, and passages; 22. Monthly calendar of operations; 23. Concluding remarks on window gardening; Alphabetical list of plants suitable for window and balcony gardens and the decoration of rooms.
