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FLAGGED AND PAVED PATHS .... . .209 



WHAT TO DO EARLY IN MAY 216 



A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ROSE GROWING 



WHAT TO DO LATE IN MAY 



SIDELIGHTS ON ROSE SUCCESS .269 



SELECTIONS OF ROSES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES .... .289 



WHAT TO DO EARLY IN JUNE ... . 325 



FLOWERS FOR HANGING BASKETS 328 



BORDER CARNATIONS 



WHAT TO DO LATE IN JUNE 360 



THE FRAGRANT PINK 363 



MANURES AND MANURING ... 367 



HARDY PERENNIALS FOR CUTTING ... ..... 372 



THE PANSY .377 



FLOWERS FOR THE MIXED BORDEII ... .381 



THE HOTBED .403 



WHAT TO DO EARLY IN JULY . . . . . . . . . . 400 



COMPOSTS, SEEDLINGS, AND CUTTINGS ......... 409 



AURICULAS FOR AMATEURS . . . . . . . . . . .418 



HARDY AND HALF-HARDY ANNUALS 425 



WHAT TO DO LATE IN JULY ... 456 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS FOR GARDEN AND SHOW ........ 459 



FLOWER GROWING IN TUBS ... 477 



DAHLIAS FOR THE GARDEN 480 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNATIONS .... .... 489 



THE PENTSTEMON ............ 497 



FLOWERS OF UNUSUAL INTEREST ......... 500 



WHAT TO DO EARLY IN AUGUST . 504 



THE LITTLE FORMAL GARDEN 507 



SPECIAL PLANTS FOR SPECIAL SOILS . . .513 



THE SOIL AND ITS CULTIVATION . . . . . . . . .516 



STERILISATION OF THE SOIL . . . . . . . . . . .521 



CANNA, OR INDIAN SHOT 526 



BEDDING BEGONIAS , 528 



SWEET PEAS 531 



WHAT TO DO LATE IN AUGUST 555 



FLOWER GROWING IN WALLS . . . . . . . . 559 



STREAM GARDENS, POOLS, AND PONDS 567 



THINNING FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES 575 



