INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Early Summer Flowers 

 stead 



at Mun- 



Frontispiece 

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 Iris in the Royal 



German or Flag 



Gardens, Kew i 



Perennial Asters (Michaelmas Daisies 



or Starworts) . . . . . "3 

 Bordering of German Iris by Grass 



Path ii 



A Group of Perennial Larkspurs 



(Delphiniums) ^ . . .12 

 Tree Pseony Bush .... 14 

 The Mossy Phlox (P. Stellaria] . 17 

 Primroses in a Silver Birch Wood . 19 

 The Double White Sweet Rocket . 21 

 Solomon's Seal in Half-Wild Gar- 

 den 23 



A Border of Hardy Flowers and Stone 



Edging 25 



Arches of Clematis and Mixed Border 26 

 A Mixed Border at Kew ... 28 

 Double White Opium Poppy in Rough 



Ground 30 



Sweet Scented Tobacco (Nicotiana 



sylvestris) on a Lawn 39 



Sweet Pea Flowers in Vase . . 42 

 An Old Garden in Ireland ... 44 

 Self and Other Coloured Carnations 



in Open Beds 52 



Tree and other Indoor Carnations at 



Edenside ..... 56 

 Hardy Nymphaeas (Water-Lilies) in 



a Tank 61 



Hybrid Water-Lilies (Nymphaeas) in 



Tubs under Frame .... 64 

 A Vase of Cactus Dahlia Flowers . 67 

 Cereus triangularis on the Roof of an 



almost Cold House ... 70 

 Clematis over Garden Arch . . 75 

 One of the Rarer Clematises (C. pani- 



culata} . . . . . .78 



Wistaria sinensis . . . .81 



White Pinks with Eremurus hima- 



laicus ...... 83 



Daffodils amongst Old Tree Roots . 84 

 A Colony of Colchicums ... 85 

 Autumn Crocuses in the Grass . . 86 

 The Snake's Head Fritillary (Frit II- 



laria Meleagris] .... 89 



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Lilium speciosum as a Pot Plant . 91 



The Buff-Coloured Lily (Lilium testa- 

 ceum) 93 



Daffodils in the Grass ... 94 



The Pheasant's Eye Narcissus in Barr's 

 Water Garden .... 



Tuft of Thrift (Armeria) in Rock- 

 Garden ...... 



A Rock-Garden with Primroses by 

 Pathside 



Rose Arch in Old Garden . 



Rose (Reine Olga de Wurtemberg) 

 over Balloon Trellis 



Hybrid Tea Rose (Grand Due. Adolphe 

 de Luxemberg) .... 



A Bed of Standard Roses . 



Sprays of Rose (Dundee Rambler) . 



Hybrid Tea Rose (Viscountess Folke- 

 stone) . . . "'- 



Pegged-Down Roses .... 



Rose (Double Persian Yellow) on 

 Edge of Wood .... 



The Garland Rose at Munstead 



Hybrid Cineraria (Lady Thiselton- 

 Dyer) 



Asparagus verticillatus over a Pillar 



Begonia, Gloire de Lorraine 



The "Star" Primrose (Primula stel- 

 lata) 



A Group of Large- Flowered Chrysan- 

 themums 



Single-Flowered Chrysanthemums 



Cattleya labiata .... 



Dendrobium nobile album . 



Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandra) 



A Variety of Odontoglossum crispum 

 (Pittianum) ..... 



The Lombardy Poplar 



Kilmarnock Willow and Other Trees 

 by Water 



The Amelanchier (Snowy Mespilus) 

 with Underplanting of Star Daf- 

 fodils 



Bamboos at Abbotsbury, Dorsetshire 



The Catalpa in Flower in a London 

 Garden ...... 



A Variety of Mediterranean Heath 

 (Erica Mediterranea) . . . 224 



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