CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introductory The House The Latest Flowers The Arbu- 

 tus Chrysanthemums Fallen Leaves Planting The 

 Apple-room The Log-house Christmas ... ... i 



II. 



Gardening Blunders The Walled Garden and the Fruit 

 Walls- Spring Gardening Christmas Roses Snowdrops 

 Pot Plants ... 10 



III. 



Frost The Vineries and Vines Early Forcing Orange 



Trees Spring Work Aconites The Crocus ... ... 18 



IV. 



The Rookery Daffodils Peach Blossoms Spring Flowers 



Primroses Violets The Shrubs of Spring ... ... 26 



The Herbaceous Beds Pulmonaria Wallflowers Polyan- 

 thus Starch Hyacinths Sweet Brier Primula Japonica 

 Early Annuals and Bulbs The Old Yellow China 

 Rose 34 



VI. 



Ants and Aphis Fruit Trees The Grass Walk "Lilac- 

 tide " Narcissus Snowflakes Columbines Kalmias 

 Hawthorn Bushes ... ... ... ... 4.2 



