THE 

 GARDEN OF EARTH 



A Little Book on Plant-life^ Plant-growth^ 

 and the Ways and Uses of Plants 



BY 



AGNES GIBERNE 



AUTHOR OF 

 THIS WONDERFUL UNIVERSE," " THE ROMANCE OF THE MIGHTY DEEP," ETC. 



When Spring unlocks the Flowers to paint the 

 laughing soil." — Reginald Heber. 



'O then indeed I knew how closely knit 

 To Stars and Flowers we are." — Alfred Noyes. 



With Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations 



LONDON 



SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 

 CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE 



NEW YORK : THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 

 1921 



