Part 1

HARPER'S A-B-C SERIES

A-B-C OF HOUSEKEEPING.

By CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK

A-B-C OF ELECTRICITY.

By WILLIAM M. MEADOWCROFT

A-B-C OF GARDENING. By EBEN E. REXFORD

A-B-C OF MANNERS. By ANNE SEYMOUR

16mo, Cloth

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

A-B-C OF GARDENING

EBEN E. REXFORD

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK & LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLISHED MARCH, 1915

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. MAKING THE GARDEN 1

II. MAKING A LAWN 5

III. THE BORDER 8

IV. ANNUALS 12

V. VINES 15

VI. SPRING WORK IN THE GARDEN 21

VII. MIDSUMMER IN THE GARDEN 26

VIII. WINDOW-BOXES 30

IX. THE USE OF GROWING PLANTS FOR TABLE DECORATION 33

X. DECORATIVE PLANTS 39

XI. THE BULB-BED 44

XII. GETTING READY FOR WINTER 48