CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.“The Rosebud Garden of Girls”[3]
II.“Who Loves a Garden Loves a Greenhouse, too”[20]
III.“A Rosebud Set with Little Wilful Thorns”[37]
IV.“Home at Evening’s Close to SweetRepast and Calm Repose”[57]
V.“Sweet as English Air Could Make Her”[75]
VI.“Something Between a Hindrance and a Help”[95]
VII.“’Tis Just Like a Summer Bird Cage in a Garden”[111]
VIII.“And Add to These Retired Leisure,That in Trim Gardens Takes His Pleasure”[129]
IX.“Whose Yesterdays Look Backward with a Smile”[146]
X.“’Tis Beauty Calls and Glory Shows the Way”[165]
XI.“He Nothing Common Did or Mean”[183]
XII.“And Learn the Luxury of Doing Good”[199]
XIII.“Wise to Resolve and Patient to Perform”[215]
XIV.“Our Acts Our Angels Are, or Good or Ill”[233]
XV.“Fragrant the Fertile Earth After Soft Showers”[250]
XVI.“Implores the Passing Tribute of a Sigh”[267]
XVII.“Rich with the Spoils of Nature”[285]
XVIII.“And Feel That I Am Happier Than I Know”[302]