CHAPTER XVII

THE PRIMROSE GARDEN 216-220

CHAPTER XVIII

COLOURS OF FLOWERS 221-228

CHAPTER XIX

THE SCENTS OF THE GARDEN 229-240

CHAPTER XX

THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS 241-248

CHAPTER XXI

NOVELTY AND VARIETY 249-255

CHAPTER XXII

WEEDS AND PESTS 256-262

CHAPTER XXIII

THE BEDDING FASHION AND ITS INFLUENCE 263-270

CHAPTER XXIV

MASTERS AND MEN 271-279

INDEX 280

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A WILD JUNIPER face page 19

SCOTCH FIRS THROWN ON TO FROZEN WATER BY SNOWSTORM " 27

OLD JUNIPER, SHOWING FORMER INJURIES " 29

JUNIPER, LATELY WRECKED BY SNOWSTORM " 29

GARDEN DOOR-WAY WREATHED WITH CLEMATIS GRAVEOLENS " 39

COTTAGE PORCH WREATHED WITH THE DOUBLE WHITE ROSE (R. alba) " 39

WILD HOP, ENTWINING WORMWOOD AND COW-PARSNIP " 43

DAFFODILS IN THE COPSE " 48

MAGNOLIA STELLATA " 50

DAFFODILS AMONG JUNIPERS WHERE GARDEN JOINS COPSE " 51

TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA " 53

HOLLYHOCK, PINK BEAUTY. (See page 105) " 53

TULIPA RETROFLEXA " 55

LATE SINGLE TULIPS, BREEDERS AND BYBLOEMEN " 55

TRILLIUM IN THE WILD GARDEN " 61

RHODODENDRONS WHERE THE COPSE AND GARDEN MEET " 65

GRASS WALKS THROUGH THE COPSE " 66

RHODODENDRONS AT THE EDGE OF THE COPSE " 68

SOUTH SIDE OF DOOR, WITH CLEMATIS MONTANA AND CHOISYA " 72

NORTH SIDE OF THE SAME DOOR, WITH CLEMATIS MONTANA AND GUELDER-ROSE " 72

FREE CLUSTER-ROSE AS STANDARD IN A COTTAGE GARDEN " 77

DOUBLE WHITE SCOTCH BRIAR " 81

PART OF A BUSH OF ROSA POLYANTHA " 82

GARLAND-ROSE SHOWING NATURAL WAY OF GROWTH " 82

LILAC MARIE LEGRAYE (See page 23) " 84

FLOWERING ELDER AND PATH FROM GARDEN TO COPSE " 84

THE GIANT LILY " 96

CISTUS FLORENTINUS " 101

THE GREAT ASPHODEL " 101

LAVENDER HEDGE AND STEPS TO THE LOFT " 105

HOLLYHOCK, PINK BEAUTY " 105

SOLOMON'S SEAL IN SPRING, IN THE UPPER PART OF THE FERN-WALK " 107

THE FERN-WALK IN AUGUST " 107

JACK (See page 79) " 117

THE "OLD WALL" " 117

ERINUS ALPINUS, CLOTHING STEPS IN ROCK-WALL " 121

BORDERS OF MICHAELMAS DAISIES " 126

PENS FOR STORING DEAD LEAVES " 150

CAREFUL WILD-GARDENING--WHITE FOXGLOVES AT THE EDGE OF THE FIR WOOD. (See page 270) " 150

HOLLY STEMS IN AN OLD HEDGE-ROW " 153

WILD JUNIPERS " 154

WILD JUNIPERS " 156

THE WOODMAN " 158

GRUBBING A TREE-STUMP " 161

FELLING AND GRUBBING TOOLS (See page 150) " 161

HOOP-MAKING IN THE WOODS " 167

HOOP-SHAVING " 169

SHED-ROOF, THATCHED WITH HOOP-CHIP " 169

GARLAND-ROSE WREATHING THE END OF A TERRACE WALL " 178

A ROADSIDE COTTAGE GARDEN " 185

A FLOWER-BORDER IN JUNE " 200

PATHWAY ACROSS THE SOUTH BORDER IN JULY " 202

OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE BRICK PERGOLA SHOWN AT PAGE 214, AFTER SIX YEARS' GROWTH " 202

END OF FLOWER-BORDER AND ENTRANCE OF PERGOLA " 210

SOUTH BORDER DOOR AND YUCCAS IN AUGUST " 210

STONE-BUILT PERGOLA WITH WROUGHT OAK BEAMS " 214

PERGOLA WITH BRICK PIERS AND BEAMS OF ROUGH OAK " 214

EVENING IN THE PRIMROSE GARDEN " 217

TALL SNAPDRAGONS GROWING IN A DRY WALL " 251

MULLEINS GROWING IN THE FACE OF DRY WALL (See "Old Wall," page 116) " 251

GERANIUMS IN NEAPOLITAN POTS " 267

SPACE IN STEP AND TANK-GARDEN FOR LILIES, CANNAS, AND GERANIUMS " 268

HYDRANGEAS IN TUBS, IN A PART OF THE SAME GARDEN " 268

MULLEIN (VERBASCUM PHLOMOIDES) AT THE EDGE OF THE FIR WOOD " 270

A GRASS PATH IN THE COPSE " 270

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