i CONTENTS 



BOOK IV. ROSES 



CHAITM 



XVI. HOW AND WHERE TO GROW ROSES . , IJ 1 



XVII. PLANTING . . . I - *3 

 XVIII. WHEN AND HOW TO PRUNE . . - .139 



XIX. CULTURAL HINTS . . .148 



XX. PROPAGATION ... I 5 I 



XXI. PESTS OF THE ROSE .... 15$ 



XXII. PREPARING ROSES FOR EXHIBITION . . .164 



BOOK V. SOME FAVOURITE FLOWERS 



XXIII. 1HE SWEET PEA . . . . . . 17* 



XXIV. THE DAHLIA ...... 184 



XXV. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM ..... IQ5 



XXVI. THE CARNATION AND THE PINK . . .209 



XXVII. GARDEN LILIES ...... 222 



XXVIII. THE SWEET VIOLET . . 228 



BOOK VI. BULBS AND THEIR CULTIVATION 



XXIX. SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS .... 237 



XXX. SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS IN THE OPEN . . 245 



XXXI. BULBS FOR EARLY FLOWERING INDOORS . . . 254 



XXXII. BEGONIAS AND GLOXINIAS . , . ,265 



BOOK VII. THE CARE OF THE GARDEN 



XXXIII. IN PRAISE OF THE HOE . . , . , 273 



XXXIV. STAKING, TYING AND WATERING . 278 

 XXXV. SOME COMMON PESTS 28.4 



