PREFACE. 
This little book is written with a view of furnishing 
inspiration and help to those who want to make their 
homes attractive and the city a cleaner, healthier, better 
and prettier place in which to live. The author endeavors 
to keep the book in clear, simple, and concise language. 
The first ten chapters are from plates of “Hints and Helps 
For Young Gardeners.” These chapters refer largely to 
elementary agriculture and work in the vegetable garden. 
The remaining chapters treat more directly upon beautify¬ 
ing the home grounds and the care of the surroundings of 
the home. Credit is here given for the use of cuts by the 
Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., and by the Massachusetts 
State Board of Agriculture. 
H. D. Hemenway, 
Northampton , [Massachusetts , igii. 
