PREFACE 



npHE women of all the South are now thoroughly awakened 

 to their responsibility and opportunity, not only in the 

 matter of conservation, but also in that of education and of the 

 development of the garden and landscape work of both the cities 

 and the rural districts. These women are planting their school 

 grounds and courthouse squares, municipal parks, and railroad 

 stations; they are organizing garden clubs; they are working for 

 a development, along artistic lines, of the new highways that con- 

 nect the states, and they are endeavoring to develop the farms 

 until they become estates worthy of this or any other section. 



The wonderful and varied flora of the Southern States oflfers 

 but. one problem for garden makers — that of choice. There is 

 absolutely no limit to the list of offerings that will grow and thrive 

 all over this prolific land. 



In this little volume, which I am offering the women who have 

 undertaken this noble and necessary work, I have grouped the 

 plant subjects so that they may not only follow the circle of the 

 blossoms around the year, but may also follow the circle of garden 

 activities. From the time of the first planting in November, 

 through the long list of permanent trees, shrubs, conifers, Roses, 

 perennials, evergreens and seeds; through the making of the Sum- 

 mer garden; the fighting of the pests; the enjoyment of the Octo- 

 ber glories, until we reach the conclusion devoutly to be hoped 

 for — when every southern home will be set in a garden and every 

 southern farm will be framed in green lawns and well-chosen 

 shrubbery — the book stands for the practical and helpful side of 

 garden work. 



