INDEX 



Dianthus, 166, 175, 201, 210, Flower stems, 206 



219 



Digging fork, 35, 36, 37 

 Digitalis, 224 

 Dock, 98 



Dorothy Perkins rose, 197 

 Dwarf fruit trees, 247 



apple, 248 



pear, 249 



Edges, 237 

 Egg-plants, 49 

 Eschscholtzia, 104, 176, 201 



Ferns, 2 

 Flag, 226 

 "Flats," 85 

 Flea beetle, 49 

 Fleur-de-lis, 226 

 Flower garden, 12, 166 



arranging, 166, 170, 180 



plan of, 167, 230 



planting, 1 69 



tables for thinning, 182 

 Flowers, 



annuals, 166, 172 



arranging, 208, 210 



biennials, 172 



colors and odors of, 207 



father, 118 



hardy, 216 



mother, 118 



perennial, 170, 172 



picking, 205 



Forget-me-not, 177, 202, 210 

 Foxglove, 224 

 Fungus, 102 

 Funkia, 192 



Gaillardia, 173, 200, 210, 220 

 Garden, 9, 35, 36, 43, 48 



beds, 12, 43, 46, 48 



borders, 11, 12, 46 



city backyard, 7, 8 



cultivating, 9, 10, 36, 38, 

 40 



forking, 35, 36, 44, 45 



hillside, 5, 6 



how to measure, 13, 14 



laying out, 12 



paths, 12, 43, 47, 237 



"radical," 9 



raised, 6 

 % soil, 4, 8, 22, 40, 113 



"terrace," 5, 6 

 Garden pinks, 175, 219 

 Garden plans. See Sample 



gardens. 



Garden tools, 35, 40, 42 

 Gladioli, 186, 212 

 Gooseberries, 244 

 Grafting, 247 

 Grapes, 246 

 Grapevine, 246 

 Grass, 94 



cuttings, 99, 101 

 Gravel, 62 



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