The "Beautiful" Series.

PREFACE.

LIST OF PLATES.

Contents

INDEX

INTRODUCTION.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.

SOMETHING ABOUT BULBS AND CORMS.

SOIL FOR BULBOUS PLANTS.

HINTS TO BEGINNERS.

HOW DEEP SHOULD BULBS BE PLANTED?

THE NATURAL SINKING OF BULBS AND CORMS.

PROPAGATION OF BULBOUS PLANTS.

LIFTING AND STORING BULBS.

COMBINATIONS OF BULBOUS AND NON-BULBOUS PLANTS.

NATURALISING BULBOUS PLANTS IN THE GRASS.

BULBOUS PLANTS UNDER TREES AND SHRUBS.

BULBOUS PLANTS FOR CUT FLOWERS.

BULBOUS PLANTS FOR COLD GREENHOUSES.

BULBOUS PLANTS FOR WINDOW BOXES.

DESCRIPTIONS, CULTURE, PROPAGATION, &c., OF THE BEST BULBOUS PLANTS FOR THE OPEN AIR.

ENEMIES OF BULBOUS PLANTS.

MANURING BULBOUS PLANTS.