FOREWORD 



EVERYWHERE, we find folk who realize the truth 

 of the saying that "Flowers are the sweetest things 

 God ever made and forgot to put a soul into." 

 They love the flowers and shrubs, the trees and the 

 great outdoors, and usually they have 



A Little Time; 

 A Little Money; 

 A Little Plot of Ground; 



and the wish, to combine the three that they might 

 have and enjoy beautiful home surroundings that 

 shall be largely the work of their own hands and 

 an expression of their own individualities. 



This book is written as a composite answer 

 to those questions that for years have been coming 

 almost daily to my desk from all sections' of the 

 country, from such folk as these, who find many 

 problems, the answers to which they do not know, 

 and which they wish to have solved for them. 



In seeking to answer these questions, and help- 

 ing to solve the problems of these seekers after 

 knowledge in the realm of floriculture, if I have 

 succeeded, even in small degree, I have been well 



THE AUTHOR. 



