THE 

 GARDEN OF EARTH 



A Little Book on Plant-life, Plant-growth, 

 and the Ways and Uses of Plants 



BY 



AGNES GIBERNE 



AUTHOR OK 

 'THIS WONDFRFUL UNIVERSE," "THE ROMANCE OF THE MIGHTY DEEP," ETC. 



'When Spring unlocks the Flowers to paint the 

 laughing soil." REGINALD HEBER. 



'O then indeed I knew how closely knit 

 To Stars and Flowers we are." ALFRED NOYES. 



With Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations 



LONDON 



SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 

 CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE 



NEW YORK : THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 

 1921 



