G. F. Gardiner / GFGardiner
Contents - Foreword - Introduction - List of Plates- -I Greenhouse and Plant Frames - 2 The Garden Room or Annex - 3 Bottle Gardening - 4 Ventilating, Watering, Feeding and Potting - 5 Methods of Propagation - 6 Warm Greenhouse (Stove) Plants - 7 Cool Greenhouse Plants (Soft-wooded) - 8 Hard-wooded Greenhouse Plants - 9 Annuals for the Cool Greenhouse - 10 Cacti and Other Free-flowering Succulents - 11 Attractive Greenhouse Climbers - 12 Greenhouse Plants which grow from Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes - 13 Free-flowering Orchids for the Beginner - 14 Greenhouse Plants with Attractive Berries - 15 Ornamental-leaved Plants (including Ferns) - 16 Forcing Hardy Plants - 17 Colourful Plants for the Unheated Greenhouse - 18 Pests, Diseases and Insecticides - Index - Preface - Professor of Botany - I have written this book for the benefit of those who wish to grow suitableplants to provide flowers in a greenhouse or conservatory or to use forroom decoration, during all seasons of the year.Plants which do not flower freely and are not of great decorative valuehave been omitted, and only those which I have found to be ideal for thepurpose have been dealt with in this book. There is a vast number ofgreenhouse plants to be seen in botanical gardens and large private establishments,but only a limited number are offered for sale by nurserymen.From these plant catalogues, which they issue free of charge, I have selectedthe most decorative kinds and have given the fullest details of theircultivation.Therefore, by choosing plants from the 'lists of flowering plants forevery season of the year' given on p. 203, it will be found possible toprovide a continuous display of flowers in the heated or unheated greenhouse.I am indebted to Messrs. T. Bath & Co., Ltd., Greenhouse Specialists,14 Norwood Road, Herne Hill, London, S.E. 24, for supplying thephotographs of types of greenhouses, ventilators and heating appliances.I am also grateful to Dr. A. J. Willis, Reader in Botany in the Universityof Bristol, for advice and assistance in the preparation of this book.G. F. GARDINER
