| CHAPTER I |
| TOWN-GARDENING |
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| London in summer-time—Bought flowers versus growing
plants—Plants that do well in towns—Gardens of the
suburbs—Some of their joys | 1 |
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| CHAPTER II |
| THE EARLY WINDOW-BOX |
| Spring gardening in the window-box—Bulbs: gold, white,
and blue—Moss carpets, dainty beds—Flowers that grow
well together—Some combinations—Encouragements | 8 |
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| CHAPTER III |
| “THE SEASON” WINDOW-BOX |
| Not to start summer flowers too soon—Not to buy plants
that have been forced—Not to be like everybody else—Asparagus
Sprengeri—A kitchen window-box—Herbs—The
watched pot—Prize window-boxes at Exeter—The
nursery window-box—Seed Song | 14 |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| BALCONY-GARDENING |
| Pot-plants—Climbers—Tubs—London in June—The pleasant
balcony—Practical hints | 20 |
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| CHAPTER V |
| ROOF AND BACK-YARD GARDENS IN THE CITY |
| St Andrew’s Rectory garden, Doctor’s Commons—“Struggles
in Smoke”—Roof-jungle at the Home for Working Boys,
at Bishopsgate Street, E.C.—Amateur gardening among
the slates and chimney-pots—City gardens—Tempting
the sea-gull, land-bird, and butterfly | 26 |
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| CHAPTER VI |
| PLANTS FOR THE CITY POOR |
| Window-box Society, St. Cuthbert’s Lodge, Millwall—Mr.
Cadbury and his operatives—Town board schools—Gardening
at Crook’s Place Board School, Norwich—Country
board schools in England and in Germany—Helping the
poor—Miss Jekyll and the factory lad | 31 |
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| CHAPTER VII |
| THE BEGINNER |
| Choosing the window-box—Making it—Placing it—Filling
it—The hanging basket—Cleansing—Watering—The
Fern window-box—Virginia Stock | 36 |
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| CHAPTER VIII |
| FOLIAGE PLANTS FOR TOWNS |
| The window-box and the man in the street—The advantages
and merits of the foliage-plants—Which to order | 44 |
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| CHAPTER IX |
| FOG, FLOWERS, AND FOLIAGE |
| Air—Fog—What urban fog is made of—Darkness—Poison—An
analysis from Kew—Can we counteract effects of fog?—Mr.
Toope at Stepney—Fog-filters—What plants suffer
least?—Professor Oliver’s report on ferns in fogs—Bulbous
plants—Precautions—Coal-smoke Abatement Society—Resolutions | 48 |
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| CHAPTER X |
| THE LADY DECORATOR AND THE FLOWER-GIRL |
| Arranging flowers—Balls, dinner-parties, weddings—Fashions
in flowers—Dyed flowers—Flowers as symbols—Primrose
Day—Floral trophies—The early and mid-Victorian
bouquet—Street-selling flower-girls—Buttonhole-making—A
skeleton parasol in France | 55 |
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| CHAPTER XI |
| THE SMALL SUBURBAN GARDEN |
| A good word for it—The motor-car—Corner houses—Making
the most of a small garden—Turf—Trees—Back and
front gardens—Individuality—Good taste | 62 |
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| CHAPTER XII |
| “NEXT DOOR”—A PARENTHETICAL CHAPTER |
| Garden etiquette in Suburbia—Codes and customs—Barriers—Brides—Music—Children—Bonfires—The
family wash | 71 |
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| CHAPTER XIII |
| GRASS, GROUND, OR GRAVEL |
| The new suburban garden—The restful garden—Country Life
on English and Continental suburban gardens—The lawn
and flower-beds—Grass walks | 75 |
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| CHAPTER XIV |
| FERNS AND WILD FLOWERS |
| The hardy fernery—How we made our own—Wild flowers for
the fernery—The fernery all the year round—Amusing
May—The Pale Osmunda—The neglected fernery of
London and the suburbs—Roadside Ferns and hedge-haunters | 80 |
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| CHAPTER XV |
| CREEPERS AND CLIMBERS |
| The Vine and Fig-tree—Ampelopsis Veitchii—Trellis-work—Wire
netting—Supports—Roses, Jasmine and Magnolia—The
Passion-flower—Hops and Honeysuckle—Morning
Glories—“Ivy Lane” | 88 |
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| CHAPTER XVI |
| EASY ROCK AND WALL GARDENING |
| How to get “rock” and place it—Alpine and English rock-plants—Mr.
Barr’s nursery ground—Encrusted Saxifrages—The
double wall—Thrift, Wallflower, and Red Valerian—One
pleasing Thought | 95 |
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| INDEX | 103 |