Practical Flower Gardening

A trained horticulturist’s working handbook: what to plant, how to prepare the ground, and how to keep a flower garden going through the year without pretending it is effortless.

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XI Calendar of Bloom

• 234 INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS Annuals blooming September 12th, Bryn Mawr,_Pa.

Evergreens and roses attractively combined Frontispiece • PAGE 6 12 • • Annuals and perennials Dianthus and pyrethrum well grouped to soften the outline of the masonry wall 46 • A hollyhock border 66 • A rock garden is another possible way of beautifying the shady garden 82 Digitalis and dianthus attractively grouped 90 • • The wall garden 102 • • A rock garden on level ground successfully planned to fit into its surroundings 110 The glory of the June garden 120 "A sweeter flower did nature ne'er put forth" 126 Tausendschoen roses 132 • • • The bulb garden 142 • • A formal hardy garden Planting of rhododendron A beautiful lawn artistically framed 170

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