CONTENTS 



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I. COLOR HARMONY 1 



II. COMPANION CROPS 25 



III. SUCCESSION CROPS 39 



IV. JOYS AND SORROWS OF A TRIAL GARDEN . . 51 

 V. BALANCE IN THE FLOWER GARDEN ... 63 



VI. COLOR HARMONIES IN THE SPRING GARDEN . 75 



VII. THE CROCUS AND OTHER EARLY BULBS . . 89 



VIII. COLOR ARRANGEMENTS FOR DARWIN TULIPS 



AND OTHER SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS . 101 



IX. NOTES ON SPRING FLOWERS 115 



X. A SMALL SPRING FLOWER BORDER .... 129 



XI. NOTES ON SOME OF THE NEWER GLADIOLI . 143 



XII. MIDSUMMER POMPS 157 



XIII. GARDEN ACCESSORIES . . . ' 179 



XIV. GARDENING EXPEDIENTS 191 



XV. THE QUESTION OF THE GARDENER .... 205 



XVI. NECESSITIES AND LUXURIES IN GARDEN BOOKS 219 



XVII. VARIOUS GARDENS 289 



APPENDIX 269 



INDEX . , 283 



