CONTENTS 



FACE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



THE FIRST YEA* 9 



ANNUALS 19 



BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS 35 



LILIES, IRIS AND PEONIES 55 



ROSES 69 



OTHER ROSES 87 



BULBS 101 



THE WILD FLOWERS 113 



SHRUBS AND VINES . 127 



THE HOTBED AND TRANSPLANTING 139 



THE TRANSIENT EDEN 151 



GARDEN FURNITURE 159 



THE GARDEN OF LURE 167 



THE GARDEN- IN WINTER 17,5 



CARE OF THE GARDEN BIRDS 185 



WHAT MY GARDEN MEANS TO ME ... . 197 



