CONTENTS 



(A full index is published at the end of the work.) 



PACK 



PLANNING AND PLANTING . 1 



LEVELLING GROUND ....... 10 



MAKING GARDEN PATHS ...... 13 



ALL ABOUT THE LAWN ..... 19 



WHAT TO DO EARLY IN MARCH ....... 24 



OLD-WORLD FLOWERS ........... 27 



SWEET VIOLETS ' 35 



DECORATIVE GARDEN STEPS ......... 39 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL GRASSES . . . . . . . . . .44 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS ........... 47 



THE SHADY BORDER 51 



INCREASING PLANTS BY PVOOT CUTTINGS 58 



How TO WATER PLANTS 02 



PERENNIALS THAT FLOWER WITHIN A YEAR FROM SEED . ... 66 



FLOWERS TO Sow FOR CUTTING 72 



WHAT TO DO LATE IN MARCH 78 



LIME IN THE GARDEN 81 



VIOLA OR TUFTED PANSY . 84 



ALL ABOUT LILIES ...... ..... JK) 



SWEET-SCENTED FLOWERS AND LEAVES ...... 105 



DRAINAGE .............. 100 



BIENNIALS FROM SEEDS ... 115 



WHAT TO DO EARLY IN APRIL .......... 122 



PROTECTING SEEDS, SEEDLINGS, AND PLANTS . .... 125 



THE BEST HARDY PERENNIALS . .131 



WHAT TO DO LATE IN APRIL .... 170 



HARDY PERENNIAL CLIMBING PLANTS ...... .175 



CLIMBING PLANTS FROM SEED .... .... 181 



COMMON GARDENING TERMS EXPLAINED ... ... 183 



AN EXPLANATION OF DISBUDDING ......... 186 



SUMMER BEDDING ........... 191 



