CONTENTS 



CHAPTEU PAGE 



I Planning the Garden 1 



II Hotbeds, Cold Frames and Flats . . .12 



III Planting Seed in the Open Ground . . 36 



IV Transplanting 48 



V Garden Tools 53 



VI Holding and Increasing the Fertility of 



Soil 64 



VII Asparagus 80 



VIII Early Spring Vegetables 86 



IX Mid-Season Vegetables 122 



X Vegetables of the Vine Family . . . 171 



XI Vegetables Less Commonly Grown . .186 



XII Quantity of Seed Required 200 



XIII Sweet, Pot and Medicinal Herbs . . . 202 



XIV Plant Enemies and Insecticides . . . 208 



XV Winter Storage 220 



XVI Canning the Garden Surplus for Winter 



Use 232 



XVII Fall Work in the Garden 256 



XVIII The Annual Garden 261 



XIX The Hardy Garden 273 



XX The Planting of Fall Bulbs .... 282 



XXI Economy in the Purchase of Shrubbery . 289 



XXII A Continuous Succession of Bloom in the 



Shrubbery 297 



XXIII Gardening for Shut-Ins 308 



XXIV The Possibilities of a City Flat . . .318 



