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COISITE^TS. 



CHAPTER I. Page. 

 The Flower Garden — Its Uses^ etc 5 



CHAPTER II. 



Construction of Beds — Beds in Lawn — Ribbon Gardening — Rockeries — Directions for 



Massing Flowers — Diagrams for laying out Gardens • 12 



CHAPTER III. 



Annuals — Their Culture and Varieties — A List of the Most Desirable for Amateur Gar- 

 deners •••• 18 



CHAPTER IV. 



Perennials — Biennials — Their Treatment, etc. — Lists of Most Desirable Varieties. 27 



V. 



Geraniums — Pelargoniums — The Difference between the two Plants — Their Culture 

 and Varieties — Double Geraniums — The Zonale Geraniums — The Liliputian Tribe — 



Lists of Desirables and Novelties • 32 



CHAPTER VI. 



Bedding out Plants — Pansies — Verbenas — Heliotropes — Feverfews, etc. • 38 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Fuchsia 47 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The Cultivation of the Rose • 52 



CHAPTER IX. 



Ornamental Vines, ••• 62 



