PREFACE v 



I. THE GARDEN IN ANTICIPATION ... 3 



II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GARDEN . . .31 



III. THE SPRING WILD FLOWERS . . .59 



IV. WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER . , 81 

 V. THE ROCK-GARDEN 105 



VI. THE SUMMER FLOWERS . . . ,135 



VII. Two GARDEN FAVORITES . . . .165 



VIII. WARM- WEATHER WISDOM .... 193 



IX. MY INSECT VISITORS 209 



X. HARDY SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS . . . 229 



XI. IN AND OUT OF THE GARDEN . . . 245 



XII. THE HARDY FERNERY . . . .261 



XIII. MIDSUMMER FLOWERS AND MIDSUMMER 



VOICES 275 



XIV. FLOWERS AND FRUITS OF AUTUMN . . 299 

 XV. THE LAST MONK'S-HOOD SPIRE . . . 325 



INDEX .....,,. 339 



