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• basil
• borage
• camomile
• caraway
• chervil
• chives
• clary
• coriander
• costmary
• dill
• dittany of Crete
• fennel
• foxglove
• garlic
• ginger
• hyssop
• lavender
• lemon-verbena
• lovage
• marjoram
• mint
• parsley
• pot-marigold
• rosemary
• rue
• sage
• salad burnet
• savory
• sweet cicely
• sweet flag
• sweet woodruff
• tarragon
• thyme
• watercress
• specific wildflowers
• Dutchman's breeches
• anemones
• arbutus, trailing
• bloodroot
• bluets
• butterfly-weed
• cardinal-flower
• columbine
• creeping jenny
• ferns
• gentians
• hepatica
• iris
• jack-in-the-pulpit
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• shooting-star
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• wintergreen
• surface drainage
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• streptomycin
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• witches'-brooms
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• China asters
• Chinese-lantern
• Japanese cherry
• aconitum
• ageratum
• amaryllis
• anemone
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• azalea
• begonia
• birches
• bittersweet
• boxwood
• browallia
• cacti
• caladium
• calla-lily
• camellia
• candytuft
• canterbury-bells
• carnations
• cast-iron plant
• chrysanthemum
• coleus
• columbine
• cosmos
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• crape-myrtle
• crocus
• cyclamen
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• dahlia
• daphne
• delphiniums
• dogwood
• elm
• euonymus
• evergreen
• ferns
• fir
• forget-me-not
• fuchsia
• gaillardias
• gardenia
• geranium
• gladiolus
• golden glow
• hawthorn
• helenium
• hemlock
• hibiscus
• hickory
• hollyhocks
• honey locust
• honeysuckle
• hosta
• house and greenhouse plants
• hydrangea
• impatiens
• iris
• ivy
• juniper
• larkspur
• lawn
• lilac
• lily
• locust
• lupine
• magnolia
• maple
• marigold
• matrimony vine
• monkey puzzle tree
• mountain ash
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• nasturtium
• oak
• oleander
• palm
• pansy
• pecan
• penstemon
• peony
• petunia
• phlox
• pieris
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• plum, ornamental
• poplar
• privet
• pyrathantha
• rhododendron
• rose
• rubber plant
• sedum
• snapdragon
• spruce
• stock
• sweet William
• sweet pea
• sycamore
• tigridia
• trumpet vine
• tulip
• tulip-tree
• viburnum
• violet
• walnut
• willow
• yew
• yucca
• zinnia
• specific fruits and their pests
• apple
• apricot
• blueberry
• cherry
• currant, gooseberry
• grape
• peach
• pear
• plum
• quince
• raspberry, boysenberry
• strawberry
• vegetables
• Brussels sprouts
• Swiss chard
• asparagus
• beans
• beets
• broccoli
• cabbage
• carrots
• cauliflower
• celery
• collards
• corn
• cucumbers
• eggplant
• lettuce
• melons
• onions
• peas
• peppers
• potato
• pumpkin
• radish
• rhubarb
• squash
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• Roses
• general culture
• autumn care
• culture
• displaying roses
• environment
• exposure
• feeding
• fertilizers
• fertilizing
• insects and diseases
• location
• mulching
• pest control
• planting
• planting and transplanting
• potting and repotting
• propagation
• pruning
• sanitation
• soil preparation
• summer care
• summer care and problems
• temperature
• transplanting
• vacation care
• ventilation
• water
• watering
• winter protection
• organizations
• propagation
• budding
• cuttings
• division
• general
• hybridizing
• indoor
• layering
• outdoor propagation
• propagating perennials
• seed
• seeds
• transplanting
• roses for every purpose
• French roses
• black rose
• blue rose
• borders
• brown rose
• cabbage
• damask
• early bloomers
• floribunda
• fragrance
• grandifloras
• green rose
• greenhouse roses
• ground covers
• hedges
• hybrid perpetuals
• hybrid teas
• miniature roses
• moss roses
• polyantha roses
• rose ratings
• scotch
• shrubs
• species
• supports
• sweetbriar hybrids
• tea roses
• terraces and patios
• tree roses
• walls
• selecting plants
• Soils and fertilizers
• applying fertilizers
• artificial soils
• soil-less culture
• complete fertilizers
• compost
• building
• garbage
• grass clippings
• hickory hulls
• leaves
• pests and diseases
• special problems
• green-manure crops
• inorganic fertilizers
• muriate of potash
• nitrate of soda
• sulfate of ammonia
• superphosphate
• urea
• manures
• liquid manure
• organic fertilizers
• cottonseed meal
• dried blood
• leafmold
• miscellaneous materials
• sludge
• tankage
• plant nutrients
• humus
• nitrogen
• peat moss
• phosphorus
• potash
• trace elements
• soil acidity
• alkalinity
• lime
• pH
• soil testing
• soil preparation
• acidity
• coal ashes
• cultivating
• digging or tilling
• drainage
• fertilizers
• green manures (cover crops)
• lime
• plowing and digging
• problems with soil
• soil problems
• depleted soil
• eroded soil
• for flowers
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• neglected soil
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• stony soil
• wet soil
• woodland and shaded soil
• soil sterilization
• soils for house plants
• types of soil
• clay soil
• sandy soil
• Trees, shrubs, and vines
• annual vines
• broad-leaved evergreens
• culture
• propagation
• hedges
• fertilizers and planting
• trimming and training
• what to grow
• specific broad-leaved evergreens
• andromeda
• azaleas, evergreen (rhododendron)
• boxwood
• daphne
• elaeagnus
• firethorn
• holly
• holly-grape
• leucothoe
• mountain-laurel
• rhododendron
• skimmia
• viburnum, evergreen
• wintercreeper
• specific hedge plants
• Siberian elm
• arborvitae
• barberry
• boxwood
• cherry-laurel
• hemlock
• lilac
• living fence rose
• monterey cypress
• pea-shrub
• privet
• spirea
• spruce
• tamarisk
• white pine
• willow
• yew
• specific narrow-leaved evergreens
• arborvitae
• cedar
• crytomeria
• false-cypress
• fir
• heaths and heathers
• hemlock
• juniper
• pine
• spruce
• yew
• specific tender shrubs
• acacia
• bay tree (laurus)
• camellia
• gardenia
• jasmine
• oleanders
• pomegranate
• vines and their culture
• what to grow
• windbreaks
• woody vines
• Ampelopsis and Parthenocissus
• Dutchman's pipe
• akebia
• bittersweet
• clematis
• honeysuckle
• hydrangea
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• wisteria
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