CONTENTS 



FAGB 



FOREWORD . . . . . * * * vii 

 PROLOGUE: THE INSPIRATION 1 



PART ONE 



THE WAY OF LIFE 



CHAPTER 



I. DIGGING TO THE ROOTS OF A DYING TREE 11 



II. THE LEADING OF THE FALSE GOD, PRO- 

 DUCTION . '. . . * ' . . . 43 



III. "A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES" . . 53 



IV. GETTING THE RURAL SAVOR INTO CITY 



LIFE . ... .... . . . 57 



V. THE INVISIBLE CITY OF HOMES ... 65 



VI. GARDEN INSTINCT REVEALED BY WAR. . 75 



VII. "THE MOST VALUABLE OF ALL ARTS" . , 83 



VIII. THE DAWNING OF THE NEW ART . . . 96 



IX. LUTHER BURBANK AND THE NEW EARTH . 103 



X. THE SPIRIT OF CREATIVE GARDENING . . 116 



XI. THE OLD HEN IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT . 123 



XII. THE RABBIT IN THE GARDEN ECONOMY . 133 



XIII. BROILED SQUAB, AND THAT SORT OF THING 142 



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