CONTENTS 



PART I 



GENERAL PRINCIPLES 



CHAP. FACE 



I. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING . . I 



II. THE SOIL, ITS NATURE AND PREPARATION . . 9 



III. THE FOOD OF PLANTS MANURING ... 14 



IV. HALF-HARDY PLANTS AND GREENHOUSE CULTURE . 17 

 V. HOT-BEDS AND COLD FRAMES . . . .26 



vi. THE GARDENER'S NATURAL ENEMIES . . -31 



VII. SEEDS AND THEIR TREATMENT . . 38 



VIII. BUDDING, GRAFTING, INARCHING, LAYERING, AND STRIKING 40 



PART II 



DEPARTMENTS 



I. THE SPRING GARDEN . -47 



II. SUMMER AND AUTUMN FLOWERS . . . -55 



III. HERBACEOUS AND ROCK BORDER COMBINED . . 69 



IV. ALPINE BORDERS ...... 73 



V. ROSES . . . -77 



VI. FERNS THEIR NATURE AND CLASSES . . .82 



