CONTAINING THE SIMPLEST DIRECTIONS FOR THE GROWING OF THE COMMONEST THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE AND GARDEN BY C. E. HUNN AND L. H. BAILEY THIRD EDITION New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd. 1903 All rights reserved Copyright, 1900 By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped March, 1900 Reprinted February, 1901, and June, 1903 Mount Pleasant Press J. Horace McFarland Company Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Like the love of music, books and pictures, the love of gardens com

Antirrhinum. See Snapdragon . Apple , the “King of Fruits,” thrives over a wider range of territory and under more varied conditions than any other tree fruit. This means that it is easy to grow. In fact, it is so easy to grow that it usually is neglected; and people wonder why the trees do not bear. The selection of varieties of Apples for home use is, to a large extent, a personal matter; and no one may say what to plant. A variety that is successfully grown in one section may prove disappoint

Violets Violet. While the culture of Violets as house-plants rarely proves successful, there is no reason why a good supply may not be had elsewhere through the greater part of the winter and the spring months. A sheltered location being selected, young plants from runners may be set in August or September. Have the ground rich and well drained. These plants will make fine crowns by December, and often will bloom before weather sufficiently cold to freeze them. In order to have flowers through t

Upright flowering plants. —Abutilons, browallias, calceolaria “Lincoln Park,” begonias, bouvardias, euphorbias, scarlet sage, richardia or calla, heliotropes, fuchsias, Chinese hibiscus, jasmines, single petunias, swainsona, billbergia, freesias, geraniums, cupheas. Upright foliage plants. —Muehlenbeckia, Cycas revoluta , Dracæna fragrans and others, palms, cannas, Farfugium grande , achyranthes, ferns, araucaria, epiphyllums, pandanus or “screw pine,” Pilea arborea , Ficus elastica , Grevillea

Upright flowering plants. —Azaleas, cyclamens, carnations, chrysanthemums, geraniums, Chinese primroses, stevia, marguerite or Paris daisy, single petunias, Anthemis coronaria , camellias, ardisia (berries), cineraria, violets, hyacinths, narcissus, tulips, the Easter lily when in bloom, and others. Upright foliage plants. —Pittosporum, palms, aucuba, euonymus (golden and silvery variegated), araucaria, pandanus, dusty miller. Climbing plants. —English ivy, maurandia, senecio or parlor ivy, lygo