VI OUTLINE 



SECTION III 



PAOES 



PLANTING THE ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS 211-301 



Choosing the plants, 211-220. List of ornamental 

 plants which are hardy in Central Michigan, 220- 

 240. Plants for floral effects (by Ernest Walker). 

 ... . 241-301, containing: (1) Remarks on flower-beds, 

 241; (2) Carpet-bedding, 243; (3) Edgings and 

 mass-beds, 251 ; (4) Annuals, 255; (5) Bulbous and 

 tuberous plants, 207; (<>) Hard)' herbaceous per- 

 ennials, 278; (7) Hardy climbing plants, 291; 

 (8) The rose, 294. 



SECTION IV 



THE FRUIT PLANTATION 302-347 



The arrangement of the fruit-garden, 302-305. Ad- 

 vice upon the growing of fruit (by Professor 

 Taft), 305-347, containing: (1) Northern orchard 

 fruits (the apple, 308, the pear, 313, the plum, 317, 

 the peach, 319, apricots and nectarines, 323, the 

 cherry, 323); (2) Sub-tropical fruits (the orange, 

 325, the olive, 329, the pineapple, 330, banana, 

 330, fig, 331); (3) The grape, 332; (4) Small-fruits 

 (red and black raspberries 330; blackberries and 

 dewberries, 339; currants, 340; gooseberries, 342; 

 strawberries, 343). 



SECTION V 

 THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 348-385 



Plans for the kitchen-garden, 348-352. The vegetable 

 garden (by Professor Waugh), 353-385, containing: 

 (1) Root crops and tubers (beet, carrot, parsnip, 

 potato, etc.), 353; (2) Alliaceous group (onions, 

 etc.), 360; (3) Leguminous group (beans and peas), 

 361; (4) Brassicaceous group (cabbage, kale, etc.), 

 364 ; (5) Solanaceous group (tomatoes, egg-plant, 



