CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



Foreword 1 



I. Getting the Garden Ready 8 



II. Laying Out the Garden 13 



III. Planting the Garden 17 



IV. Seeds that Give Best Results .... 20 



V. Early Garden Work 23 



VI. Vegetable Plants in the House ... 27 * 



VII. Standard Varieties of Vegetables . . 33 



VIII. Small Fruits and Their Culture ... 56 



IX. Hotbeds and Cold-fraaies 68 



X. Small Gardens 76 



XI. Left-overs 81 



XII. Health in the Garden. A Chapter Ex- 

 pressly for Women Readers . . . Ill 



