PREFACE 



elation of the advice and assistance of Miss Rose Standish 

 Nichols in the Usts of perennials, of Mr. Robert Cameron of 

 the Harvard Botanic Garden, of Professor Sargent and Mr. 

 Faxon of the Arnold Arboretum, through whose kindness that 

 excellent institution always extends its facilities with the readi- 

 est courtesy to any one whose interest in horticulture is at all 

 real. 



If this little book solves the commonest difficulties and 

 proves of real assistance in the Joyous Adventure of a First 

 Garden, its object will have been attained. 



Frances Dtjncan. 



New Yobk, March, 1917. 



