CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Opening Year — Seeds, Selections of 

 Vegetables and Flowers— Asters — Sweet 

 Peas — Weekly Work in January . . i 



II. Many Buds, some Bloom, and the Early Bird 



— Weekly Work in February ... 64 



III. The Dawn of Spring — Weekly Work in March 109 



IV. Late Showers and Early Flowers — Weekly 



Work in April 168 



V. May Morns — Weekly Work in May . .198 



VI. Rose Time — Weekly Work in June . . .222 



VII. The Heart of the Year — Weekly Work in 



July 271 



VIII. The Harvest Month in the Garden — Weekly 



Work in August 299 



IX. In Indian Summers — Weekly Work in September 325 



X. A New Outlook — Weekly Work in October . 344 



XI. Chrysanthemum Time — Weekly Work in 



November 374 



XII. The Christmas Garden — Weekly Work in 



December 391 



