ow to keep the lawns level--Paths, and how to lay them--Beds and
bedding--The new style VERSUS the old--Flower borders and their
backgrounds--Improvement of the soil._

CHAPTER III

=On the Duty of Making Experiments=

_Description of a small yet lovely garden--Colour schemes--A novel way of
growing flowers, the spring dell--Variety in the flower-garden._

CHAPTER IV

=Some Neglected but Handsome Plants=

_The sweet old columbine--BOCCONIA CORDATA at Hampton Court--CAMPANULAS
as continuous bloomers--The heavenly larkspurs--Christmas roses--The tall
and brilliant lobelias--Chinese-lantern plants--Tufted pansies._

CHAPTER V

=The Conservatory and Greenhouse=

_Mistakes in staging--Some suitable climbers--Economical heating--Aspect,
shading, etc.--The storing of plants--No waste space--Frames._

CHAPTER VI

=The Tool Shed and Summer-House=

_Spades and the Bishop--Weeding a pleasure--Trusty thermometers--
Summer-houses and their adornment._

CHAPTER VII

=Roses for Amateurs=

_Teas--Hybrid perpetuals--Bourbons--Rose-hedges--Pillar roses--Suitable
soil._

CHAPTER VIII

=Enemies of the Garden=

_Slugs, and how to trap them--Blight or green fly--Earwigs--Wireworms--
Snails--Mice--Friends or Foes?_

CHAPTER IX

=The Rockery=

_A few hints on its construction--Aspect and soil--A list of alpines--
Other suitable plants._

CHAPTER X

=Trees, and How to Treat Them--Shrubs=

_Some good plants for growing beneath trees--List of hardy shrubs--
Climbers--Enriching the soil._

CHAPTER XI

=The Ins and Outs of Gardening=

_Planting--Watering--"Puddling"--Shelter--Youth and age, in relation to
plants--Catalogue defects--A time for everything._

CHAPTER XII

=The Profitable Portion=

_Fruit, best kinds for small gardens--Size minus flavour--Vegetables--
Herbs._

CHAPTER XIII

=Annuals and Biennials=

_Why they fail--Table of good annuals--Table of biennials._

CHAPTER XIV

=Window-Boxes=

_How to make them--Relation of box to residence they are intended to
adorn--Suitable soil--Window-plants for different aspects._

CHAPTER XV

=Table Decoration=

_Graceful arrangement--Thick-skinned stems--Preserving and resuscitating
flowers--Colour schemes--Table of flowers in season._

CHAPTER XVI

=The Propagation of Plants=

_By division--By cuttings--By seeds--By layers._

CHAPTER XVII

=The Management of Room Plants=

_Best kinds for "roughing it"--I