"I never had any desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at least of a small house, and a large garden."—Abraham Cowley.

BOSTON: RICHARD G. BADGER
The Gorham Press
1904

Copyright 1904 by Sarah Warner Brooks
All rights reserved

PRINTED AT
THE GORHAM PRESS
BOSTON, U. S. A.

TO MY SUMMER CHILD

CONTENTS

Page
CHAPTER ONE
A Garden with House Attached		[5]
CHAPTER TWO
The Man with the Hoe		[10]
CHAPTER THREE
The "Lady's" Conservatory		[14]
CHAPTER FOUR
The House Garden, The Selection, Arrangement, and Culture of House Plants		[20]
CHAPTER FIVE
At Easter-time		[35]
CHAPTER SIX
Burglar-proof		[37]
CHAPTER SEVEN
Perennials		[40]
CHAPTER EIGHT
Hollyhocks and Violets		[68]
CHAPTER NINE
The Rose		[74]
CHAPTER TEN
Border Bulbs		[84]
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Annuals		[88]
CHAPTER TWELVE
Climbers		[94]
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Gardens "in Spain"		[99]
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Cerebral Processes of Plants		[108]
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
"Auf Wiedersehen"		[115]