CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.THE SITUATION AND SOIL[1]
II.ANNUALS[16]
III.HARDY PERENNIALS[43]
IV.BULBS, CORMS, AND TUBERS[70]
V.BIENNIALS[91]
VI.BEDDING PLANTS[107]
VII.ROSES[116]
VIII.CARNATIONS AND PINKS[131]
IX.LILIES[142]
X.ROCK AND WALL GARDENS[152]
XI.DIFFICULT AND SHADY GARDENS[166]
XII.SOME HARDY CLIMBERS[172]
XIII.FRUIT AND VEGETABLES[181]
XIV.WINDOW, ROOM, AND JAPANESE GARDENS[194]
XV.A CALENDAR OF WORK[212]
INDEX[233]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

By MRS. CAYLEY-ROBINSON

A HERBACEOUS BORDER[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
THE TIDY GARDENER[8]
JANUARY[17]
POPPIES[32]
LARKSPURS AND PINKS[65]
DAFFODILS[80]
IRISES[97]
A CORNISH COTTAGE[112]
LILIES AND ROSES[145]
‘THE ROAD TO ROME’[160]
A WINDOW GARDEN[193]
A ROOM GARDEN IN SPRING[208]