LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A Window-box in June[Frontispiece]
Photo by Mrs. Bardswell
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Double and Single Pyrethrums[2]
By courtesy of Messrs. Barr
Michaelmas Daisies[6]
By courtesy of Messrs. Barr
Overlooking the Town[16]
Photo by T. W. Scott
A Hanging Basket[20]
Photo by Mrs. Bardswell
A Boat-shelter with Cerastium on Roof[26]
Photo by D. T. Fish
An East-End Roof Garden[28]
A Roof Garden[30]
Photo by D. T. Fish
Poor Man’s Window-box at Millwall[32]
By courtesy of Mrs. Richard Frere
Poor Man’s House-front, with Inside Parlour Group, at Millwall[34]
By courtesy of Mrs. Richard Frere
Spring in the Crook’s Place Board School Garden, Norwich[36]
By courtesy of Mr. Edward Peake
Pansy Bed in Crook’s Place Board School Garden, Norwich[38]
By courtesy of Mr. Edward Peake
Part of Rock-garden, Crook’s Place Board School, Norwich[42]
By courtesy of Mr. Edward Peake
A Water Garden[50]
By courtesy of Messrs. Barr
Lilies in Lord Ilchester’s Japanese Garden, at Holland House, Kensington[54]
By courtesy of “Country Life”
Bulrushes and Bog Beans in Small Tank in Garden[58]
Photo by T. W. Scott
In a Small Suburban Garden[62]
Photo by John Scott
Late Summer[68]
Photo by T. W. Scott
Early Autumn[74]
Photo by T. W. Scott
A Town Fernery[80]
Photo by Mrs. Bardswell
The Osmunda in May[84]
Photo by Mrs. Bardswell
Virginian Creeper over Porch[88]
Photo by Mrs. Bardswell
A Rockery[96]
Photo by John Scott
A Rockery in Early Summer[100]
Photo by John Scott


Acknowledgment is due to the Editors of “The Garden,” “The Lady,” and the “Pall Mall Gazette” for their courtesy in permitting the reproduction in this book of certain chapters which appeared as articles in their respective journals.


CHAPTER I
TOWN-GARDENING

“I’ll take the showers as they fall,