CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY I 



II. STARTING A GARDEN 3 



III. A GARDEN OF ANNUALS 9 



IV. SOME GOOD HARDY ANNUALS 22 

 V. BIENNIALS - 35 



VI. A PERENNIAL BORDER 43 



VII. SOME POPULAR PERENNIALS 52 



VIII. COLOUR BORDERS - - 7 1 



IX. SUMMER BEDDING SUGGESTIONS 76 



X. HOW TO MAKE A SMALL ROCK-GARDEN 79 



XI. WHAT TO GROW IN ROCK-GARDENS - 94 



XII. ABOUT ROSES Ho 



XIII. INDOOR BULBS Il6 



XIV. BULBS IN BEDS AND BORDERS IIQ 

 XV. NATURALISING BULBS IN GRASS 122 



XVI. GARDEN PATHS 125 



XVII. WEEDS AND PESTS AND DISEASES - 133 



XVIII. WATERING - 146 



XIX. SUMMER FEEDING - 152 



XX. CUT FLOWERS 157 



XXI. GARDEN IMPROVEMENTS l6<) 



XXII. PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 173 



XXIII. A FLOWER GARDEN CALENDAR l8l 



XXIV. SOILS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT - 193 

 XXV. ANIMAL MANURES - 204 



XXVI. ARTIFICIAL FERTILISERS 212 



XXVII. VEGETABLE HUMUS - 224 



XXVIII. THE CARE OF TOOLS 233 



XXIX. EXPERIMENT IN GARDENING 23<> 



XXX. THE GARDEN AND THE SEASONS 24! 



XXXI. PICTURESQUE VEGETABLE GARDENING 241) 



XXXII. A VEGETABLE GARDEN CALENDAR 257 



INDEX 266 



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