Garden-making: suggestions for the utilizing of home grounds

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Section I

The mental ideal, 1-7. Preparation of the land, 7-37 (the saving of moisture, 7; preparing the undersoil, 12; preparation of the surface, 18; tools for weeding and subsequent tillage, 24). Sowing and planting, 37-58 (sowing the seed, 37; transplanting young seedlings, 38; transplanting established plants and seeds, 44). Winter protection of plants, 58-67. The forcing of plants, 67-88 (cold frames, 71; hotbeds, 75). Insects and diseases, 88-103. Protecting plants from animals, 103-108. Keeping records of the plantation, 109-114. Enriching the land 114-119.

Section II

' The picture in the landscape, 121-158 (containing a free sketch of what a picture is and how it may be obtained, contrasts of massed and scattered plantings, discussions of flower-beds, borders, types of bushes for lawn effects, weeping and odd trees, the use of poplars and willows, and the fundamentals of landscape gardening). Various specific examples, 158-176 (containing plans of yards and lawns). How to make the improvements, 177-210 (discusses grading, terraces, banks, sunken fences, filling about trees, walks and drives, curbs, suburban streets, edges of walks and drives, materials for walks and drives, etc.; making the plan, 195; making a lawn, 199).

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Choosing the plants, 211-220. List of ornamental plants which are hardy in Central Michigan, 220- 240. Plants for floral effects (by Ernest Walker), 241-301, containing: (1) Remarks on flower-beds, 241; (2) Carpet-bedding, 243; (3) Edgings and mass-beds, 251; (4) Annuals, 255; (5) Bulbous and tuberous plants, 267; (6) Hardy herbaceous perennials, 278; (7) Hardy climbing plants, 291; (8) The rose, 294.

Section IV

The arrangement of the fruit-garden, 302-305. Advice upon the growing of fruit (by Professor Taft), 305-347, containing: (1) Northern orchard fruits (the apple, 308, the pear, 313, the plum, 317, the peach, 319, apricots and nectarines, 323, the cherry, 323); (2) Sub-tropical fruits (the orange, 325, the olive, 329, the pineapple, 330, banana, 330, flg, 331); (3) The grape, 332; (4) Small-fruits (red and black raspberries 336; blackberries and dewberries, 339; currants, 340; gooseberries, 342; strawberries, 343).

Section V

Plans for the kitchen-garden, 348-352. The vegetable garden (by Professor Waugh), 353-385, containing: (1) Root crops and tubers (beet, carrot, parsnip, potato, etc.), 353; (2) Alliaceous group (onions, etc.), 360; (3) Leguminous group (cabbage, kale, cauliflower, etc.), 364; (4) Solanaceous group (tomatoes, eggplant, etc.), 369; (5) Cucurbitaceous

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Section VI

General remarks, 386-389. Calendars for the North (by T. Greiner), 389-401. Calendars for the South (by H. W. Smith and F. H. Burnette), 402-411

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