Contents 
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Preface ......... 5 
Planning the Paths and the Flower-Beds . . 7 
The Colours in the Flower-Beds . 23 
The Waterside Flowers . . ... 29 
Making a Rock Garden ..... 37 
Other Gardens I have Planned .... 49 
Our Children and Their Flowers .... 59 
Translated by A. Ch. Settergren. 
COLOURED PLATES. 
The Flower- Walk in Summer . . . Cover Design 
Painted by C. J. Vine from a Photo by A. B . Nilson. 
The Well and the Gardener’s Cottage . Frontispiece 
From a Painting by the Crown Princess of Sweden. 
A Picturesque Bit of the Valley of Sofiero Facing page 16 
Front a Painting by the Crown Princess of Sweden. 
A Part of a Flower Border in September Facing page 24 
From a Painting by the Crown Princess of Sweden. 
Some Garden Glimpses .... Facing page 32 
From Photos by the Crown Princess of Swedm. 
The Rose Pergola ..... Facing page 40 
From a Photo by the Crown Princess of Sweden. 
The Princess in Her Rock Garden . Facing page 48 
Painted by C. J . Vine from a Photo by A. B. Nilson. 
The View from the Children’s Garden Across the 
Sea . . . . . . . Facing page 6 4 
From a Painting by the Crown Princess of Sweden. 
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