CONTENTS. 
PART I. 
THE CHILDREN’S GARDENING GUIDE. 
CHAPTER I. 
Introductory. 
The wants of small gardens. — Books. — Violets Page 1 
CHAPTER H. 
What the Garden is like. 
Long border. — Round beds. — Rose hedge. — Violets. — Model 
garden.— Reserve ground 8 
CHAPTER III. 
Laying out a Square Garden, with a Rustic Fence 
and Gate. 
Gravel or turf. — Measuring and planning. — Cross-stick 
fence. — Gateway. — Rustic arch. — Green trellis ... 10 
CHAPTER IV. 
Round Garden. 
Suitability of style. — Shapes of flower beds. — Laying out. 
— Rainy-day work 18 
CHAPTER V. 
Rustic summer-house. — Larch-posts. — Wattling and thatch- 
ing. — Plants and climbers. — Rustic seats and tables. — 
Basket of Ferns 25 
CHAPTER VI. 
Choice of flowers. — Time of flowering. — Crocuses and Snow- 
drops.— Spring flowers. — Bed of Gentian.— Sweet Briars 
and Pink Thorns. — Climbing shrubs. — Annuals. — 
Autumn flowers and shrubs ... 32 
