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Drummond Phlox .......... 165 



Blossoms of Coreopsis . . . . . . . . .166 



Trumpet Daffodils 169 



Peonies in a Japanese Flower-j^j . . . . . . .170 



Perennial Phlox . . . . . . . . .172 



Trollius or Globe Flower . . . . . . . . -173 



Plan for a Border Garden of China Asters 188 



Oriental Iris ........... 191 



Siberian Iris ........... 192 



Plan for Iris Border Garden . . . . . . . .194 



German Iris ........... 195 



Japanese Iris ........... 197 



Bulbs of English Iris 198 



Plan for Subirrigation . . . . . . . . 199 



White Shirley Poppies. From "The Flower Beautiful" . . . 206 

 Gladiolus . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 



A Jar of Tuberoses .......... 208 



Celia Thaxter's Garden . . . . . . . . .211 



Hooded Sweet Peas 212 



Typical Forms of Hooded Sweet Peas . . . . . .214 



Snapdragon Sweet Peas . . . . .. .. .215 



Shirley Poppy . . . . . ... . . .218 



Snapdragon ,......'.... 219 



Nasturtiums in a Rose Bowl . . . . . . . .221 



Madonna Lilies .......... 225 



Oriental Iris in a Japanese Flower-jar . . . . . .226 



Perennial Phlox in a Japanese Flower-jar 228 



Nasturtiums in a Green Glass Flower-jar . . . . . .229 



Cosmos in a Slender Vase 230 



Japanese Iris in an Izumo Vase . . . . . . .231 



Tall or African Marigolds 233 



African Marigolds in a Bamboo Wall-holder. From "The Flower 



Beautiful" 234 



A Plan for a Marigold Border Garden .235 



*** The authors desire to express their thanks to Roger Newton Perry for the photo- 

 graph of "A Young Gardener and His Team"; to the Committee on Children's Gardens of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for several of the other out-door views; to the Hough- 

 ton-Mifflin Company for the privilege of using the four pictures and the short discussion of 

 Poppies from "The Flower Beautiful"; and to Misses Isabelle Cragin and Alice Manning for 

 several of the drawings of flowers and young plants. 



