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PREFACE v 



I. THE GARDEN IN ANTICIPATION ... 3 

 II. AN OUTLINE OF THE GARDEN ... 31 



III. THE SPRING WILD FLOWERS . . .59 



IV. WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER . . 81 

 V. THE ROCK-GARDEN 105 



VI. THE SUMMER FLOWERS . . . .135 



VII. Two GARDEN FAVORITES . . .165 



VIII. WARM-WEATHER WISDOM . . . .193 



IX. MY INSECT VISITORS 209 



X. HARDY SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS . . .229 



XI. IN AND OUT OF THE GARDEN . . .245 



XII. THE HARDY FERNERY . . . .261 



XIII. MIDSUMMER FLOWERS AND MIDSUMMER 



VOICES 275 



XIV. FLOWERS AND FRUITS OF AUTUMN . . 299 

 XV. THE LAST MONK'S-HOOD SPIRE . . .325 



INDEX 339 



