THE ILLUSTRATIONS 



Perhaps I plagiarized a bit from the Japanese in design- 

 ing my arches Frontispiece 



FACING 



Blossoms which lure to the garden birds I would never 



otherwise see 12 



Clematis 13 



Nothing is so absolutely entrancing as a clump of nicotiana 



in the moon glow 2G 



Salpiglossis 27 



The Canterbury Bells add a delicacy and poetry to every 



bed in which they chime 42 



Hardy chrysanthemums 43 



The most decorative form in all the flower world ... 58 



German iris 59 



" The horse-bitten rose " 74 



Maman Cochet roses 75 



Tall single tulips and the eccentric parrots 106 



Narcissus 107 



In its ghost stage the dandelion reaches the spiritual . .114 



Sedge 115 



