List of Illustrations

COLOR
By the author except as noted
BETWEEN PAGES
Formal garden in a wash-boiler lid[32–33]
Tiny tropical garden with pool[64–65]
Achimenes, a beautiful gesneriad[96–97]
Twenty-three varieties of miniature and dwarf geraniums[128–129]
Streptocarpus, Weismoor hybrid[160–161]
Rose and miniature rose[192–193]
Garden in the landscape[224–225]
Rock garden effectively composed[256–257]
BLACK AND WHITE
By the author except as noted
Miniature geraniums in uniform rows[20]
Mexican motif with cacti in window box[21]
Child’s cactus garden over radiator[21]
Small plants in a lighted bookcase[25]
An indoor “jungle garden”[26]
Light-case planted with various small plants[28]
Light shelves with begonias[29]
Kenilworth ivy in gnome strawberry jar[40]
Pawnbroker’s planter with ivy[41]
Pruning a dish garden[43]
Apple-tree root with pocket for plants[45]
Miniature plants in fish bowls
(Industrial Photographic Specialists)		[54]
Converting a cider jug into a terrarium[56–57]
Commercially produced terrarium (Russ Stone)[65]
Author’s succulent garden[68]
Rampant greenhouse[69]
Unusual propagation box[87]
Sprouted stem cuttings of dwarf geraniums[88]
‘Spaulding,’ bushy dwarf begonia[98]
Group of dwarf begonias[99]
Caladium humboldti[108]
Miniature climber, Cissus striata[112]
Ivy meagheri[119]
Helxine soleiroli[121]
Leuconeura massangeana[123]
Oxalis hedysaroides rubra (Merry Gardens)[125]
Three dwarf geraniums (Merry Gardens)[127]
Dwarf geranium, ‘Robin Hood’ (Merry Gardens)[127]
Creeping Pilea depressa[130]
Hardy Saxifraga sarmentosa[133]
Sinningia pusilla, miniature of miniatures[135]
A miniature rose grows[146–147]
Miniature garden of dwarf evergreens[152]
Rock garden in a wash-boiler lid[157]
Variety of bonsai trees[162]
Bonsai in citrus[163]
White poppies in a tiny garden[178]
Raised flower bed[186]
Saxifraga seedlings[188]
Trimmed lemon thyme and ivy[194]
Constructing a no-cost pool[204–205]
Wild garden in New York City[213]
Bloodroot[214]
Juniper with pansies[245]
Planted cold frame[257]
Author in her $00.00 greenhouse[279]
DRAWINGS
Dream greenhouse
(Kathleen Bourke)		[66]
A fancy to build on
(Kathleen Bourke)		[67]
Foliage details of five popular miniature trees and shrubs
(Fritz Schaefer)		[237]
Construction diagram for low-cost greenhouse
(Hal Gearhardt)		[280]