VI CONTENTS. 



Distance to be observed between roots and patches of 

 seed. Tools most necessary for a young gardener. 

 Evergreens, and their treatment. Eoots of Flowering 

 Shrubs. Pruning. Turf. Instructions for sowing Au- 

 ricula and Polyanthus seeds, and Hardy Annuals. 

 Marking Sticks Page 35. 



LETTER III. 



MARCH. 



Succession bed. Bed of Scarlet Anemonies and Pur- 

 ple Orchises. Advice as to Florists' flowers. How to 

 make border for Ranunculuses. Garden made gay by 

 Annuals. Method of raising Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Those to be sown at the end of the month. Seed bed 

 for Perennials and Biennials. Size of plants. Ameri- 

 can shrubs and evergreens to be transplanted. Rose- 

 trees Page 47. 



LETTER IV. 



APRIL. 



Dreariness of the garden at this season. Flowers in 

 bloom Change produced in habits of plants by climate. 



