CONTENTS 



PREFACE: BRAINS AND THE GARDEN 



MANIA xv 



CHAPTER I: A MOUNTAIN GARDEN IN 



MAINE 3 



What Seeds to Buy 6 



CHAPTER II: RAPID TRANSIT TO THE 



TABLE 9 



How Corn Loses Its Sweetness .... 11 



Tomatoes and Potatoes 13 



CHAPTER III: WHAT VEGETABLES WE 

 SHOULD GROW OURSELVES, AND 



WHY 15 



Baby Cabbages and Senator Peas ... 17 



Better Raw Than Cooked 18 



The Spinach Problem Solved at Last . . 21 



Increasing the Yield 24 



Weeds and Hoes 25 



Fragrant Luscious Melons 26 



CHAPTER IV: FAVORITE GARDEN 



FLOWERS 30 



Nasturtiums No Longer "Yellow Dogs" . 31 



Let Fragrance Decide 36 



Why Bulbs and Perennials? 38 



Peonies and Perennial Phlox 41 



Lilies, Irises, and Gladioli 45 



The Most Alluring of the Annuals ... 49 



