CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION .............. x "i 



BANKS AND SLOPES IN GARDENS ........ 3 



THE NAMES OF FLOWERS ........... 15 



GARDENING IN HEAVY SOILS .......... 25 



CAMPANULAS .............. 36 



THE CULTIVATION OF ALPINE PLANTS ....... 48 



COLUMBINES ..... . ........ 60 



APRIL NOTES IN THE GARDEN ......... 70 



PINKS ................ 81 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF GARDEN FLOWERS ...... 92 



CHEAP GARDENING ............ 102 



COMMON SENSE IN GARDENING ......... 113 



LILIES ................ 125 



THE THEORY OF GARDEN DESIGN. I ....... 139 







SOME DETAILS OF SUMMER GARDENING ....... 156 



THE RIGHT USE OF ANNUALS ......... 165 



LATE SUMMER AND AUTUMN IN THE ROCK GARDEN . . . 174 



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