CONTENTS. 



Chapter Page 



I. Pleasure Gardens 1 



II. Laying out of the Garden . . 8 



III. The Tool-house and its Contents . . 14 



IV. Ornamental Trees and Evergreens . 



V. Ornamental Shrubs and Climbers 



VI. Hardy Handsome Foliage Plants 



VII. Tender Handsome Foliage Plants 



VIII. Roses : Growth and Propagation 



IX. Roses : their Culture 



X. Florists' Flowers : Anemones, Calceolarias 

 Chrysanthemums, Cinerarias 



Carnations, 



20 

 27 

 37 

 43 

 51 

 59 



65 



XI. Florists' Flowers : Dahlias, Fuchsias, Hyacinths, 



Pansies, Pelargoniums ..... 74 

 XII. Florists' Flowers : Petunias, Phloxes, Auriculas, &c., 

 Ranunculuses, Tulips, Verbenas, and American 

 Plants 84 



XIII. Bedding Plants 94 



XIV. Bulbs, Tubers, &c 106 



XV. Annuals 116 



XVI. Perennials and Biennials 126 



XVII. Garden Adjuncts, the Greenhouse, and the Window . 136 



XVIII. Garden Decorations 143 



XIX. Garden Operations in January .... 151 



XX. Garden Operations in February . . . .156 



XXI. Garden Operations in March . . . . .159 



XXII. Garden Operations in April 162 



XXIII. Garden Operations in May 165 



XXIV. Garden Operations in June . . . . .166 

 XXV. Garden Operations in July 171 



XXVI. Garden Operations in August 173 



XXVII. Garden Operations in September . . . .176 



XXVIII. Garden Operations in October 179 



XXIX. Garden Operations in November and December . 181 



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