CONTENTS 



A FOREWORD AND A PLEA 



PAGE 



CHAPTER 



I. IN THE MAKING 3 



II. THE NURSERY 28 



III. THE DAY BEFORE SPRING AND THE NEXT . . 46 



IV. MAY IN THE GARDEN 66 



V. JUNE MAGIC 84 



VI. JULY PROBLEMS 100 



VII. WANING SUMMER 115 



VIII. AUTUMN BEAUTY 127 



IX. BORDER ROSES AND CLIMBERS 140 



X. BORDER IRISES 159 



XI. THE LURE OF THE LILY 176 



XII. WHO'S WHO AMONG THE ANNUALS 188 



XIII. SHRUBS 205 



XIV. FLOWERING TREES IN THE BORDERS .... 223 

 XV. GREEN DRAPERIES 235 



XVI. TROUBLE . * 256 



XVII. PLANTS FOR SPECIAL SITUATIONS . . * . . 270 



XVIII. THE HERB GARDEN 289 



