FOREWORD 



plished, his garden enclosure will be more than ever 

 his out-of-door home, with each plant friend always 

 in its own familiar place and ever glad to be alive in 

 its appointed time. 



If the gardener fails to produce the desired effect, 

 let him first carefully examine into his own methods 

 of procedure before criticising the plans in question. 



It has been constantly the author's aim to supply 

 the gardener in the simplest and briefest way possible 

 with the necessary information for the beautifying of 

 his garden. The list under "What to Plant," sug- 

 gests the plants most useful for this plan of continuous 

 bloom, and contains mainly the names used in the 

 most familiar American catalogues. Important sug- 

 gestions as to the peculiar needs and habits of these 

 favored plants are also included, but it will be left to 

 the numerous horticultural encyclopaedias, complete 

 and abridged, to furnish their full botanical descrip- 

 tions and histories. 



It will be observed that the flower names in this 

 volume are capitaUzed. As it is a book of instruction, 

 where flower names wiU be frequently sought, the 

 author adopts this method for the purpose of bringing 

 out the names conspicuously on the pages. 



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