CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Story of the Modern Rose. . . 3 



II. "Consider the Lilies" 19 



III. Midseason Flowering Trees and Shrubs 36 



IV. The Best of the Hardy Climbing Shrubs 55 

 V. Ornamental Fruited Trees and Shrubs 78 



VI. The Glory of the Autumn . . . . 101 



VII. The Best Hardy Conifers .... 113 



VIII. Broad-Leaved Evergreens for Northern 



Gardens 138 



IX. New Chinese Trees and Shrubs for the 

 Pacific Slope and Other Favored 



Regions 153 



X. Early Spring-Flowering Trees and 



Shrubs 175 



XL Japanese Cherries and Asiatic Crab- 

 apples 195 



XII. In"Lilacdom" 213 



XIII. New Herbaceous Plants from China . 230 



XIV. "Hardy" Rhododendrons .... 244 

 XV. The Story of the Davidia .... 275 



Epilogue 296 



Index 301 



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