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.

Ornamental Plants

2 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Ornamental Plants (Types of injurious insects)

types of injurious insects are as follows: plant lice, scales, borers, fruiteating insects, root-feeding insects, and leaf or bud-feeding…

Ornamental Plants (Narcissus aphids and eel worms)

Oak (anthracnose, caterpillars, powdery mildew, scale, leaf beetle, and twig pruner). Osage Orange (scale, bark louse, and caterpillar).

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