GARDEN GUIDE 



CHAPTER IX— Bulbs and Tuberous-Roited Plants 



Preparation of Beds — -Time of Planting — Planting — Naturalizing — 

 Culture During the Season — ^Mulching after Planting — Descriptive List 

 of Bulbs with Cultural Notes. Pp. 141-148 



CHAPTER X— Hardy Garden Ferns and Water Plants 



Fern Culture — Spores — List of Ferns — Waterside Plants — Water, 

 Lilies. Pp. 149-154 



CHAPTER XI— The Rock Garden 



Regions Adapted for Rockeries — Japanese Gardens — Construction of 

 Rock Gardens — Material for Rock Gardens. Pp. 155-159 



. CHAPTER XII— Garden Furniture 



Benches — Rustic Chairs, Seats, Screens, Trellises, Pergolas, etc. — 

 The Garden House — Fountains— Bird Baths. Pp. 160-166 



CHAPTER XIII— Window Boxes and Porch Plants 



Self-Watering Boxes — Porch Boxes — Hanging Baskets — Concrete 

 Boxes — Wicker Window Boxes — Plants for Window Boxes. Pp. 167-172 



CHAPTER XIV— The Vegetable Garden 



Growing Plants for Setting Out — Diggings and Preparing the Soil- 

 Sowing and Transplanting — Watering — General Principles of Cultivation 

 — Harvesting and Storing — Companion Crops — Succession Crops — 

 Cultivation of the Chief Vegetables — Useful Pointers for the Vegetable 

 Grower — LabeHng Plants — The Vegetable Garden in Winter — The Home 

 Food Winter Storage Cellar— Herbs. Pp. 173-222 



CHAPTER XV— Fruit for the Small Garden 



Apples — Apricots — Cherries — Grapes — Pears — Plums — Peaches 

 — Quinces — Strawberries — Currants — Gooseberries — Raspberries — 

 Blackberries — Dewberries — Loganberries — Cordon and Espalier Training 

 Systems— Ideal Fruit Garden. Pp. 223-243 



CHAPTER XVI— Bungalow or Mid -Summer Gardening 



Pp. 244-247 



CHAPTER XVII— Fertilizers 



Essential Elements — Sources of Supply — Animal Manures — Green 

 Manures — Commercial Fertilizers — Bonemeal — Nitrate of Soda — Poultry 

 Manure — Lime — Humus — Where and How to Use Fertilizers — Home 

 Mixing of Fertilizers— Suitable Fertilizers for Vegetables and Fruits — 

 Fertilizing Table — Scarcity of Stable Manure — Some Commercial 

 Fertilizers in Common Use. Pp. 248-258 



CHAPTER XVIII— Pruning 



Its Advantage — Pruning Briers and Roses for Landscape Effect — 

 Climbing and Polyantha Roses — Hybrid Perpetuals — Hybrid Teas — 

 Shrubs — Hedges — Fruit Trees — Evergreens — List of Subjects with Pruning 

 Instructions. . Pp. 259-267 



