Chapter I: Preface

This little book is only meant to tell briefly of a few shrubs, hardy perennials, biennials and annuals of simple culture. I send it forth, hoping that my readers may find within its pages some help to plant and make their gardens grow.

MEADOWBURN FARM
October, 1902

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 1
September twenty-ninth

Broad grass walk 5
August twenty-fifth

A shady garden walk 12
May thirty-first

Asters blooming in a border 16
September fifteenth

A clump of Valerian 19
June sixth

_Rhododendron maximum_ and Ferns along north
side of house, with _Ampelopsis Veitchii_ 23
July fourth

Arch over Rose-walk covered with Golden
Honeysuckle and _Clematis paniculata_ 26
September fifteenth

_Rhododendron maximum_ under a cherry tree 30
July fourth

Vase of Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur) 33
June twenty-first

Vase of Peonies 39
June sixth

_Lilium speciosum rubrum_ 42
September fifteenth

Vase of Altheas 48
September sixteenth

Planting on the edge of lawn 51
August second

Asters in rows for picking 55
August twenty-fifth

Foxgloves--seedlings ready for final transplanting 58
September twenty-ninth

Long grass walk, with _Narcissus Poeticus_ blooming
in the border 62
April twenty-sixth

Long grass walk, with Peonies in the border 65
June sixth

Long grass walk, with Foxgloves blossoming in
the border 67
June thirteenth

Long grass walk, with Hydrangeas; Rudbeckias
in background 78
August twenty-fifth

A single plant of Asters 80
September tenth

Poppies growing in rows 83
July fourteenth

A bowl of Cosmos 87
September twenty-ninth

A mass of Phlox; Rudbeckias in the background 90
August second

Hollyhocks in blossom 94
July twelfth

A single plant of Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur) 97
June twenty-first

Yuccas in blossom 103
July twelfth

Bed of Peonies, on edge of lawn 106
June sixth

A single plant of Phlox 112
August twenty-fifth

Vase of Canterbury Bells 115
June twenty-first

A single plant of Foxgloves, White Sweet
William in front 119
June thirteenth

Vase of Foxgloves 122
June fourteenth

Summer-house covered with Clematis and Crimson
Rambler Roses 126
June twenty-first

Rose bed carpeted with Pansies 129
June twenty-first

Canterbury Bells blooming in a border 133
June twenty-first

_Lilium auratum_ growing behind Peonies and
Columbines that bloomed earlier 140
August tenth

Vase of _Lilium auratum_ 144
August second

Vase of _Lilium speciosum album_ and _rubrum_ 147
September sixth

Garden arch, covered with Japanese Gourds 151
August twenty-seventh

Vase of Phlox; single blossoms actual size 154
August second

_Spiræa Van Houttei_ 158
May thirty-first

_Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora_ 161
August twenty-sixth

Vase of _Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora_ 165
September tenth

Vase of double Hardy Sunflowers (_Helianthus
multiflorus plenus_) 172
September fifteenth

Vase of Monkshood 176
September thirtieth

Sun-dial in center of formal garden 179
August second

The Pergola (first summer) 190
August twenty-fifth

Tritoma (Red-Hot Poker Plant) 197
September twenty-eighth

Bringing in the flowers 204
September sixth

September twenty-ninth]

INTRODUCTION