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Drummond Phlox . . . 165 



Blossoms of Coreopsis . . 166 



Trumpet Daffodils , i6g 



Peonies in a Japanese Flower-jar . 170 



Perennial Phlox . 172 



TroUius or Globe Flower ... 173 



Plan for a Border Garden of China Asters 188 



Oriental Iris . . 191 



Siberian Iris 192 



Plan for Iris Border Garden 194 



German Iris 195 



Japanese Iris 197 



Bulbs of English Iris . 198 



Plan for Subirrigation 199 



White Shirley Poppies. From ."The Flower Beautiful" 206 



Gladiolus ... 207 



A Jar of Tuberoses . 208 



Celia Thaxter's Garden . 211 



Hooded Sweet Peas . . .212 



Typical Forms of Hooded Sweet Peas 214 



Snapdragon Sweet Peas . 215 



Shirley Poppy 218 



Snapdragon 219 



Nasturtiums in a Rose Bowl 221 



Madonna Lilies . . ■ 225 



Oriental Iris in a Japanese Flower-jar . 226 



Perennial Phlox in a Japanese Flower-jar 228 



Nasturtiums in a Green Glass Flower-jar 229 



Cosmos in a Slender Vase . 230 



Japanese Iris in an Izumo Vase . 231 



Tall or African Marigolds ... 233 

 African Marigolds in a Bamboo Wall-holder. From "The Flower 



Beautiful" • 234 



A Plan for a Marigold Border Garden 235 



*** The authors desire to express their thanks to Roger Newton Perry for the photo- 

 graph of "A Young Gardener and His Team"; to the Committee on Children's Gardens of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for several of the other out-door views; to the Hough- 

 ton-MifBin Company for the privilege of using the four pictures and the short discussion of 

 Poppies from "The Flower Beautiful"; and to Misses Isabelle Cragin and .Mice Manning for 

 several of the drawings of flowers and young plants. 



