XVI 



LIST OF PLATES 



PLATE FACING PAOB 



XXI. A flower-garden of China asters, with border of one of the 



dusty millers ( Centaurea) 320 



XXII. The peony. Que of the most steadfast of garden flowers . 336 



XXIII. Cornflower or bachelor's button. Centaurea Cyanus . . 360 



XXIV. Pyracantha in fruit. One of the best ornamental-fruited 



plants for the middle and milder latitudes . . . 370 



XXV. A rectangular garden division of a rear property . . . 390 



XXVI. A fruit plantation on a suburban place .... 410 



XXVII. The king of fruits. Newtown as grown in the Pacific country 430 



XXVIII. Wall-training of a pear tree 446 



XXIX. Cherry currant 460 



XXX. A good vegetable-garden layout, with long rows to admit of 



horse cultivation 474 



XXXI. Golden Bantam sweet corn 490 



XXXII. The garden radish, grown in fall, of the usual spring sorts . 520 



