h this book will make a strong appeal, for I feel confident it
will help them to achieve success in gardening operations that are new
to them if they follow the instruction to be found in its pages. I have
not attempted to tell all about gardening, for there is much about it
that I have yet to learn. I expect to keep on learning as long as I
live, for there is always more and more for us to find out about it.
That's one of its charms. But I have sought to impart the fundamental
principles of it as I have arrived at a knowledge of them, from many
years of labor among trees, and shrubs, and flowers--a labor of
love--and it is with a sincere hope that I have not failed in my purpose
that I give this book to

THE HOME-MAKER AND THE GARDEN-LOVER.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE LAWN: HOW TO MAKE IT AND HOW TO TAKE CARE
OF IT 17

PLANTING THE LAWN 34

SHRUBS 49

VINES 68

THE HARDY BORDER 81

THE GARDEN OF ANNUALS 97

THE BULB GARDEN 116

THE ROSE: ITS GENERAL CARE AND CULTURE 128

THE ROSE AS A SUMMER BEDDER 149

THE DAHLIA 156

THE GLADIOLUS 166

LILIES 172

PLANTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 176

ARBORS, SUMMER-HOUSES, PERGOLAS, AND OTHER GARDEN
FEATURES 189

CARPET-BEDDING 205

FLOWERING AND FOLIAGE PLANTS FOR EDGING BEDS AND
WALKS 216

PLANNING THE GARDEN 223

THE BACK-YARD GARDEN 220

THE WILD GARDEN