Contents 



PART I. IN MY VICARAGE GARDEN 



I. THE FLOWERS OF EARLY SPRING . . i 



II. FLOWERS OF LATE SPRING . .10 



III. FLOWERS OF SUMMER ... 19 



IV. FLOWERS OF AUTUMN . 28 

 V. THE MIXED GARDEN . 38 



VI. A BACKWARD SPRING . 46 



PART II. ELSEWHERE VARIOUS 



VII. SUNSHINE AND SHADE IN THE GARDEN . 59 



VIII. CARPET PLANTS . . . .66 



IX. THE GARDEN UNDER SNOW . . 72 



X. THE ROCK GARDEN . . . .81 



XI. YORK AND LANCASTER ROSES . . 91 



XII. PLANT NAMES . . 98 



XIII. THE SCENTS OF FLOWERS . . .108 



XIV. MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOWERS . 120 

 XV. RAILWAY GARDENS . . . .133 



XVI. OUR NATIONAL GARDENS . . .145 

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