

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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THE WILD GARDEN IN JUNE . . . Frontispiece 



HEADPIECE . , . . ... I 



EVERYWHERE THERE ARE SPRING BULBS . ... 3 



COTTAGE AND ANNEXE . . . . . . 15 



STERCULUS PICUMNUS . . . . . . l8 



ENTER THE CARRIER EXPECTANT OF ORDERS . to face page 19 



"I'VE SEEN A PIG IN A GARDEN" . '. . . . 21 



"I'VE FIGURED IT ALL OUT" . . ... 23 



HEADPIECE . . . . ... 27 



ANEMONES AND STANDARD ROSES . . ... 30 



DAFFODILS IN THE WILD GARDEN . . ... 32 



DORONICUMS IN A GRASSY PLACE 



34 



LYDIA DIG . . ... 39 



"MAY i. c. u. HOME, MY DEAR?" . . ... 45 



THE NIGHT-JAR . . . . ... 51 



YOUNG CUCKOO EJECTING HIS FOSTER-BRETHREN . 53 



THE CUCKOO . . . . ... 58 



MAID MARIAN AND FRIAR TUCK . . ... 63 



"WHAT DO HE SAY, BETTY?" . . ... 64 



THE PARISH CLERK AS BELLMAN . . to face page 64 



THE CONSEQUENCES WERE OBVIOUS . . ... 66 



TOMMY SANDFORD .... 68 



DUCKS AND HENS, AND A PIG OR TWO . . . . 69 



WHITE WEED IN A GROVE . . 73 



TUBS AND HANGING BASKETS . . ... 76 



AN INTRUDER . . . . 77 



THE JERRY-BUILDER . . . ... 78 



THE NIGHTINGALE . . . . . 8l 



PETUNIA . . . . ... 83 



A LEAN COUNTRYMAN * . . . . . 86 



SHE SAID IT WAS TIME TO GO . . . to face page 87 



CLIMBING ROSES . . . . ... 93 



THE BORDERS ARE LOOKING GAY . . U face page 94 



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