CONTENTS 



PART I 



PAGE 



GROUPS OF GARDEN FLOWERS 3 



THE MIXED BORDER 36 



RE-PLANTING OR RENOVATING BORDERS 41 



HARDY FLOWERS FROM SEED 44 



ANNUAL FLOWERS 50 



SWEET PEAS . . 56 



SPRING AND SUMMER BEDDING 60 



ROSES 67 



BULBOUS FLOWERS 96 



THE CARNATION AND PICOTEE 122 



SWEET VIOLETS AND THEIR CULTIVATION . . . . .134 



THE ROCK AND WATER GARDEN 138 



THE WALL GARDEN 160 



_ THE PAVED GARDEN 163 



THE BOG GARDEN AND ITS FORMATION 166 



THE HARDY NYMPH^AS OR WATER LILIES . . . .169 



WATER LILIES IN TUBS . 175 



THE HEATH GARDEN . . . . . *tf-'#'r j . < <. t r m ^g 

 THE LAWN: ITS FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT '. ^ . / .186 



TOWN GARDENING .>> - -, v ^3j*0.'i.^v '-V* ;^'V'- : 'v . 191 



GOOD TREES AND SHRUBS . . 'i' :: - s.^-'txu') '^p w r ' : ; . ; . 204 



How TO ARRANGE ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS . . . 264 



PRUNING HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS v- nux'^jo r ; >; m f 2 ^ 



HARDY CLIMBING PLANTS . - w' 1 ^- v T ^ ;> i\' : ; . . . 272 



PART II 



THE GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY . . . . .281 

 USEFUL GREENHOUSE PLANTS ; . . . . . > . 293 

 ORCHIDS FOR BEGINNERS . . . ... . .318 



