TABLE OF CONTENTS. vii 



CHAPTER XV. 



PAGE 



PLANS OF RESIDENCES AND GROUNDS, . . 131 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 THE RENOVATION OF OLD PLACES, . . 238 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 FLOWERS AND BEDDING PLANTS AND THEIR SETTINGS, . 246 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEEP DRAINAGE AND CULTIVATION IN 

 THEIR RELATION TO THE GROWTH OF TREES, AND THE 

 SUCCESSFUL CULTURE OF THOSE WHICH ARE HALF- 

 HARDY ; TOGETHER WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR PROTECTING 



YOUNG TREES IN WINTER AND SUMMER, . . 264 



PART II. 



TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES. 



CHAPTER I. 

 A COMPARISON OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TREES, . 277 



CHAPTER II. 

 DESCRIPTIONS AND ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT, . . 299 



CHAPTER III. 

 DECIDUOUS TREES, ...... 302 



