THE ILLUSTRATIONS 

 "Just a Garden" Frontispiece 



FACING 



PAGE 

 The flower garden in intimate relationship with the 



house 2 



"A rock garden is a semblance of nature" 8 



The adaptation of ideas rather than slavish imitation. 12 



The Japanesque rock garden 16 



Roses for the place that cannot be called a rose gar- 

 den 20 



A strip of turf between a border and a path 28 



The spring bulbs along a path 34 



The double border inside the garden gate 40 



A simple fountain 48 



Shrubbery around the base of the house 54 



The border defining an edge of the lawn 64 



The border-enclosed lawn for the small place 70 



An elaborate hardy garden 80 



The hardy garden with a fountain 84 



"The big notes are struck by solid effects as in na- 

 ture" 90 



Naturalistic arrangement of foxgloves 96 



Annuals filling gaps in the border 104 



May tulips back of contrasting edging plants 114 



Spanish iris and English iris in the early summer 



garden abroad . . , 124 



