CONTENTS 
CHAPTER PAGE 
I — The Decision i 
II — Early Preparations .j 9 
III — The First Planting 17 
IV — Miss Wiseman’s Suggestions. 24 
V — Day’s Hard Work 32 
VI — Joseph Does Some Transplanting. . 40 
VII — Making the Seed and Flower Beds 48 
VIII — Planting in the Seed-Bed 56 
IX— Joseph Continues Sowing Seeds. ... 64 
X — Finding Ferns to Transplant 72 
XI — My Rosarium 80 
XII — Planting Before the Wall 88 
XIII — Joseph Completes the Planting of 
the Garden 96 
XIV — May Time 104 
XV — ^About Wild and Cultivated Flowers 113 
XVI — The Last May Days 122 
XVII — The Opening Day for Roses 130 
XVIII — The Comedy of the Garden 138 
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