A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

CHAPTER VII

2 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Chapter VII

MAINTENANCE* REQUIREMENTS. The maintenance of trees, shrubs, and vines, since they are almost invariably planted where they are expected to…

CHAPTER VII: Summer

The various forms of sprays may be classified in four different ways: according to the season of spraying, the kind of chemicals used, the…

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