PREFACE. 



This little book is written with a view of furnishing 

 inspiration and help to those who want to make their 

 homes attractive and the city a cleaner, healthier, better 

 and prettier place in which to live. The author endeavors 

 to keep the book in clear, simple, and concise language. 

 The first ten chapters are from plates of "Hints and Helps 

 For Young Gardeners." These chapters refer largely to 

 elementary agriculture and work in the vegetable garden. 

 The remaining chapters treat more directly upon beautify- 

 ing the home grounds and the care of the surroundings of 

 the home. Credit is here given for the use of cuts by the 

 Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., and by the Massachusetts 

 State Board of Agriculture. 



H. D. Hemenway, 

 Northampton, ^Massachusetts, igu. 



