



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. PAGE. 

 The Flower Garden Its Uses, etc..... 5 



CHAPTER II. 

 Construction of Beds Beds in Lawn Ribbon Gardening Rockeries Directions for 



Massing Flowers Diagrams for laying out Gardens 12 



CHAPTER III. 



Annuals Their Culture and Varieties A List of the Most Desirable for Amateur Gar- 

 deners ,. 18 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Perennials Biennials Their Treatment, etc. Lists of Most Desirable Varieties 27 



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Geraniums Pelargoniums The Difference between the two Plants Their Culture 

 and Varieties Double Geraniums The Zonale Geraniums The Liliputian Tribe 

 Lists of Desirables and Novelties 32 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Bedding out Plants Pansies Verbenas Heliotropes Feverfews, etc 38 



CHAPTER VII. 

 The Fuchsia 47 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 The Cultivation of the Rose 52 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Ornamental Vine , , 62 



