x CONTENTS. 



VII. 



PAGE 



The Summer Garden The Buddleia Ghent Azaleas The 



Mixed Borders Roses The Green Rose ... ... ... 51 



VIII. 



The Fruit Crop Hautbois Strawberries Lilium Auratum 



Sweet Williams Carnations The Bedding-out ... ... 59 



IX. 



Weeds Tomatos Tritomas Night-scented Flowers Tube- 

 roses Magnolia Asters Indian Corn ... ... ... 67 



X. 



St. Luke's Summer The Orchard The Barberry White 



Haricot Beans Transplanting The Rockery ... ... 75 



XL 



The Wood and the Withered Leaves Statues Sun-dials 



The Snow Plans for the Spring Conclusion ... ... 82 



SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. 



Flowering Shrubs Yuccas Memorial Trees Ranunculus 

 Pansies Canna Indica Summer Flowers Bluets Fruit 

 blossoms and Bees Strawberry Leaves Garden Sounds 

 Mowing Brds The Swallow Pleasures of a Garden 89 



NOTES. 



I. On the Viola of the Romans 107 



II. On the Azalea Viscosa no 



III. On the Solanum Tribe 112 



IV. On the Sunflower of the Classics 115 



V. On Flowers and the Poets 118 



