LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The beginner's goal Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



The garden as a setting for the house i 



The decorative power of vines 6 



An EngHsh door-yard 7 



The essentials for starting seeds 18 



The garden storehouse 19 



Seedlings ready for transplanting 24 



Transplanting seedlings to pots 25 



A well pruned hedge 32 



How pruning stimulates the growth of Privet. . . 33 



Good and bad tree pruning 36 



A specimen of hardy Hydrangea 37 



The garden to withstand the enemy 52 



The hand atomizer and powder gun 53 



A single rose — the perfect flower 72 



A path in Northcote, a New Hampshire garden . . 73 



Frost-resisting vegetables 80 



The orderly vegetable garden 81 



Feeding the vegetable garden 88 



A plant's means of assimilating nitrogen 89 



A stock geranium for cuttings 96 



Rooting Begonia Rex from the leaf 97 



A well kept lawn 104 



