CHAPTER PAGE
I. Introduction[2]
II. Hardy Gardening and Preparation of the Soil[9]
III. Laying Out a Garden and Borders Around a House[19]
IV. How to Plant a Small Plot[35]
V. The Seed-bed[57]
VI. Planting[65]
VII. Annuals[75]
VIII. Perennials[93]
IX. Biennials and a Few Bedding-out Plants[117]
X. Roses[125]
XI. Lilies[139]
XII. Spring-flowering Bulbs[149]
XIII. Shrubs[159]
XIV. Water, Walks, Lawns, Box-Edgings, Sun-dial and Pergola[171]
XV. Insecticides. Tool-room[189]
XVI. Conclusion[203]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Facing
Page
Rose arch and garden walk[Frontispiece]
From a water-color sketch made by George D.
Bartholomew
Garden gate, with Japanese gourds
September twenty-ninth		[1]
Broad grass walk
August twenty-fifth		[5]
A shady garden walk
May thirty-first		[12]
Asters blooming in a border
September fifteenth		[16]
A clump of Valerian
June sixth		[19]
Rhododendron maximum and Ferns along north
side of house, with Ampelopsis Veitchii
July fourth		[23]
Arch over Rose-walk covered with Golden
Honeysuckle and Clematis paniculata
September fifteenth		[26]
Rhododendron maximum under a cherry tree
July fourth		[30]
Vase of Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur)
June twenty-first		[33]
Vase of Peonies
June sixth		[39]
Lilium speciosum rubrum
September fifteenth		[42]
Vase of Altheas
September sixteenth		[48]
Planting on the edge of lawn
August second		[51]
Asters in rows for picking
August twenty-fifth		[55]
Foxgloves—seedlings ready for final transplanting
September twenty-ninth		[58]
Long grass walk, with Narcissus Poeticus blooming
in the border
April twenty-sixth		[62]
Long grass walk, with Peonies in the border
June sixth		[65]
Long grass walk, with Foxgloves blossoming in
the border
June thirteenth		[67]
Long grass walk, with Hydrangeas; Rudbeckias
in background
August twenty-fifth		[78]
A single plant of Asters
September tenth		[80]
Poppies growing in rows
July fourteenth		[83]
A bowl of Cosmos
September twenty-ninth		[87]
A mass of Phlox; Rudbeckias in the background
August second		[90]
Hollyhocks in blossom
July twelfth		[94]
A single plant of Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur)
June twenty-first		[97]
Yuccas in blossom
July twelfth		[103]
Bed of Peonies, on edge of lawn
June sixth		[106]
A single plant of Phlox
August twenty-fifth		[112]
Vase of Canterbury Bells
June twenty-first		[115]
A single plant of Foxgloves, White Sweet
William in front
June thirteenth		[119]
Vase of Foxgloves
June fourteenth		[122]
Summer-house covered with Clematis and Crimson
Rambler Roses
June twenty-first		[126]
Rose bed carpeted with Pansies
June twenty-first		[129]
Canterbury Bells blooming in a border
June twenty-first		[133]
Lilium auratum growing behind Peonies and
Columbines that bloomed earlier
August tenth		[140]
Vase of Lilium auratum
August second		[144]
Vase of Lilium speciosum album and rubrum
September sixth		[147]
Garden arch, covered with Japanese Gourds
August twenty-seventh		[151]
Vase of Phlox; single blossoms actual size
August second		[154]
Spiræa Van Houttei
May thirty-first		[158]
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora
August twenty-sixth		[161]
Vase of Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora
September tenth		[165]
Vase of double Hardy Sunflowers (Helianthus
multiflorus plenus)
September fifteenth		[172]
Vase of Monkshood
September thirtieth		[176]
Sun-dial in center of formal garden
August second		[179]
The Pergola (first summer)
August twenty-fifth		[190]
Tritoma (Red-Hot Poker Plant)
September twenty-eighth		[197]
Bringing in the flowers
September sixth		[204]

Garden gate, with Japanese gourds
September twenty-ninth