Contents 



Preface . . . ... 5 



Plaxxing the Paths and the Flower-Beds . 7 



The Colours ix the Flower-Beds . 23 



The Waterside Flowers 29 



Making a Rock Garden ^ 



Other Gardens I have Planned 49 



Our Children and Their Flowers . 59 



Translated by A. Ch. SMergren. 



COLOURED PLATES. 



The Flower-Walk ix Summer . . Cover Design 



Painted by C. J. Vine from a Photo by A. B. Nilson. 



The Well and the Gardener's Cottage . Froittispicce 



From a Painting by the Croion Princess oj Sweden. 



A Picturesque Bit of the Valley ofSofiero Facing page 16 



From a Painting by the Crown Princess of Sweden. 



A Part of a Flower Border in September Facing page 24 



From a Painting by the Crown Prijicess of Szvcden. 



Some Garden Glimpses . . . Facing page 32 



From Photos by the Cronni Princess of Sweden. 



The Rose Pergola . . Facing page \o 



From a Photo by the Crown Princess of Sweden. 



The Princess ix Her Rock Gardex Facing page 48 



Painted by C. J . Vine from a Photo by A. B. Nilson. 



The View from the Children's Garden Across the 



Sea . . . . Facing page 64 



From a Painting by the Crown Princess of Sweden . 



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