CONTENTS 



JANUARY 



Introductory Indispensable books An old Hertfordshire gar- 

 den Eeminiscences My present garden plants in a 

 London room Japanese floral arrangement Cooki 

 vegetables and fruit Making coffee Early blossoms 

 Winter gardening Frost pictures on window-panes . 



FEBRUARY 



Forced bulbs The exhibitions of the Eoyal Horticultural 

 Society Early spring salads and vegetables Ehubarb 

 tarts Orange marmalade Eeceipts by a French chef . 23 



MARCH 



Slow-growing hardy shrubs The Swanley Horticultural College 

 Gardening as an employment for women Aucubas berries 

 Planting Asparagus Brussels Sprouts Sowing annuals 

 A list of flowering creepers ' The Poet in the City ' 

 Old illustrated gardening books 38 



APRIL 



Whims of the weather Spring flowers The herbaceous nur- 

 sery Love for the garden A light sprayer Homely 

 French receipt French gardening The late frosfs . . 70 



