146

XX THE COLDFRAME AND THE HOTBED 149

XXI THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND SMALL GREENHOUSES 156

XXII METHODS OF HEATING 167

XXIII MANAGEMENT 172

XXIV FLOWERS 180

XXV VEGETABLES 193

XXVI VEGETABLE AND BEDDING PLANTS FOR SPRING 197

INDEX 207

ILLUSTRATIONS

A flourishing flower bay _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
An isolated bay-window conservatory 8

A tiled window-sill garden 9

Preparing flats for the "sub-irrigation" method of watering 28

Cuttings ready for sand 29

Geranium cuttings ready for potting 29

Potted cuttings ready for their first shift 40

Striking Rex begonia leaf cuttings 40

"Crocking" in a flower pot 41

Seedlings ready to transplant 48

A flower bay protected with heavy curtains 49

Pride of Cincinnati begonia 60

Pansy geranium 61

Primrose (_Primula obconica_) 61

The Silk Oak (_Grevillea robusta_) 72

Otaheite orange 73

Baby rambler rose 80

_Araucaria excelsa_ 81

Screw Pine (_Pandanus Veitchii_) 88

Rubber plant (_Ficus elastica_) 89

Vines on an indoor trellis 96

Crested Scott Fern (_Nephrolepis exaltata_, var. _Schoizeli_) 97

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