PREFACE 



A BRIEF calendar of gardening operations throughout 

 the year has formed an item in many books on horti- 

 culture ; it has been put in as a kind of summary. 



Readers have not been wanting who have declared 

 that the few pages at the end of such volumes are the 

 most useful parts of them, and that many more pro- 

 minent portions are negligible. 



This suggests that a book which is wholly calen- 

 darial, but illustrated with practical figures as well as 

 photographs and coloured plates, might secure a good 

 constituency ; hence the preparation of the present 

 volume. 



It does not contain anything whatever about Garden 

 Art, nor about the general principles of gardening. 

 (I have dealt with them in its predecessor "The Perfect 

 Garden.") It is composed of twelve practical chapters, 

 subdivided so as to show seasonable work for every 

 week in the year. Its scheme is therefore the essence 

 of simplicity. 



The reader is told what operations to perform, and 

 what plants to grow every week. Information is given 

 in detail, but each section is summarised, so that a 

 glance tells what to do at any given period. 



Readers in the north will find that they must work 

 about a fortnight later than those in the south. Thus, 

 in North Britain, the operations for the second half of 





