29

CHAPTER XIII.
Hanging Baskets, Wardian Cases and Jardinieres 31

CHAPTER XIV.
Aquatics--Water Lilies 35

CHAPTER XV.
Hardy Climbing Vines.--Ivies 37

CHAPTER XVI.
Annual Flowering Plants--Pansy Culture 39

CHAPTER XVII.
Fall or Holland Bulbs 42

CHAPTER XVIII.
Tropical Bulbs.--Tuberoses 44

CHAPTER XIX.
Roses, Cultivation, and Propagating 46

CHAPTER XX.
Japan and other Lilies.--Calla Lilies 50

CHAPTER XXI.
Geraniums, the Best Twelve Sorts 53

CHAPTER XXII.
Azaleas; How to Cultivate Them 53

CHAPTER XXIII.
Camellias.--Orange and Lemon Trees 55

CHAPTER XXIV.
Fuchsias, Training and Management 57

CHAPTER XXV.
Cactuses--Night Blooming Cereus.--Rex Begonias 59

CHAPTER XXVI.
Rockeries--How to Make Them 62

CHAPTER XXVII.
Budding 64

CHAPTER XXVIII.
Pruning 68

CHAPTER XXIX.
Miscellaneous Notes 72

CHAPTER XXX.
Sentiment and Language of Flowers 76

INTRODUCTION.

In the winter of the year 1880, while the author was in attendance upon
a large horticultural meeting in a neighboring city, which was attended
by nearly all the leading florists and nurserymen in Western New York,
the idea of writing this work was first suggested to him.

An intelligent lady, present at that meeting, widely known for her skill
and success as an amateur florist, in conversation with the writer made
the following remarks: "I have in my library at least a dozen different
works on floriculture, some of them costly, all of which I have read
over and over again, often having to pore over a large volume of almost
useless matter, in order to find information on some points I was
looking for.

"It has occurred to me that some one ought to write a work on flow