CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | Page. |
| The Flower Garden—Its Uses, etc. | 5 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Construction of Beds—Beds in Lawn—Ribbon Gardening—Rockeries—Directions for Massing Flowers—Diagrams for laying out Gardens | 12 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Annuals—Their Culture and Varieties—A List of the Most Desirable for Amateur Gardeners | 18 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Perennials—Biennials—Their Treatment, etc.—Lists of Most Desirable Varieties | 27 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Geraniums—Pelargoniums—The Difference between the two Plants—Their Culture and Varieties—Double Geraniums—The Zonale Geraniums—The Liliputian Tribe—Lists of Desirables and Novelties | 32 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Bedding out Plants—Pansies—Verbenas—Heliotropes—Feverfews, etc. | 38 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Fuchsia | 47 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Cultivation of the Rose | 52 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Ornamental Vines | 62 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Ornamental Shrubs for Garden and Lawn | 69 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| The Carnation and Picotee Pinks | 73 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Herbaceous Plants—Pæonies—Phloxes—Chrysanthemums—Delphiniums—and a Select List of Desirable Herbaceous Flowers | 77 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Immortelles, or Everlasting Flowers and Ornamental Grasses—Acroliniums—Globe Amaranths—Helicrysums—Helipterium Sanfordii—Rodanthes—Xeranthemums—and a Select List of Grasses, Annual and Perennial | 83 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Ornamental Foliaged Plants—Coleus—Achyranthus—Caladiums—Silver Leaved Plants—Cannas, etc.—Tri-colored Geraniums, Gold and Silver Edged | 89 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Summer Flowering Bulbs—Japan Lilies—Gladiolus—Dahlias—Vallota, etc. | 96 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Spring Flowering Bulbs—Snowdrops—Crocuses—Hyacinths—Tulips—Daffodils—Jonquils—Narcissus—Polyanthus Narcissus—Lilies of the Valley, etc. | 107 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Old Fashioned Flowers | 119 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Vegetables and Hotbeds | 122 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Arrangement of Bouquets, Vases, etc.—Flowers in Churches | 132 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| General Management of the Garden—The Soil—Selection of Seeds—Weeding—Watering—Planting out—Pruning, etc.—Saving of Seeds—Preparing Pots—Taking up and Preserving Flowers in Winter—Sleep of Flowers—Insects—Cultivate the Beautiful everywhere—Lines of Mrs. Howitts—Let us Teach our Children to Love Flowers rather than Fashion | 139 |