CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
Tue Point or View. é ‘ ‘ 7 é . a ‘i ‘ 
What agardenis . . . ‘ ; F : r ; ° 
CHAPTER II 
Tue GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE. 
The plan of the grounds . Z ‘ : . ‘i . i 
The picture in the landscape . . . ‘ . . 
Birds ; and cats ‘ : . . . 
The ea is part of the Sesto or mses . 
The flower-growing should be part of the design. ‘ . 
Defects in flower-growing . - . . 
Lawn flower-beds. zt ‘ F F 
Flower-borders . f 
The old-fashioned garden . 
Contents of the flower-borders . 
The value of plants may lie in foliage and fore redher than in 
bloom : 
Odd and formal oy i 5 : ‘ 5 . 
Poplars and the like . : 7 . p : . . 
Plant-forms ‘ f ° . 4 . . 3 . 
Various specific examples. . . . . . . . 
An example 5 4 . . s . . . . . 
Another example F F z : ¢ . . . 
A third example ‘ : - 7 : . 
Asmall back yard . . “ ‘ ‘ 3 ‘ ri , 
A city lot . ‘ é . ‘ . é . . . 
General remarks 3 ¥ 3 . . . . . 
Review . ‘ . 3 5 : , . ‘ : . . 
CHAPTER III 
ExecuTIon oF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES . “ . 
The grading . ‘i 3 _ . : ° : 
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