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Contents 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE HISTORY OF GARDENING - - I 



II. PLANT BREEDING, IN ITS RELATION TO 



GARDENING - - - - 



III. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PLANT - 1 8 



IV. HERBS AND THEIR ORIGIN - - 2J 



V. THE PATRON SAINTS OF GARDENING - 40 



VI. SOME BEE LORE - - - 46 



VII. SOME BIRD LORE - - " S^ 



VIII. SOME TREE LORE - - "* ^5 



IX. SOME WEATHER LORE - - " 7^ 



X. THE MOON AND PLANT GROWTH - 83 



XI. MAGICAL PLANTS - - - 90 



XII. WITCHES AND THEIR FLOWER LORE - 99 



XIII. THE devil's PLANTS - - - 109 



XIV. FAIRIES AND THEIR FLOWER LORE - II9 



XV. OUR lady's flowers - - - 130 



XVI. FLOWERS OF THE SAINTS - ~ 1 39 



XVII. FLOWER LEGENDS OF " SAINTLY FAME " I47 



XVIII. LEGENDS OF NATIONAL FLOWERS - I59 



XIX. LEGENDS OF MYTHOLOGICAL FAME - 169 



XX, LEGENDS OF FIR AND PINE TREES - 180 



