A BOOK on gardening for the home-maker by the foremost amateur gardener of the United States. It treats of all phases of the subject, from the simple bed or two along the fence, in a city back yard, to the most ambitious garden the happy suburbanite or country dweller can manage without the services of a professional.

I.
LOCATION AND SOIL
II.
THE PREPARATION OF THE GARDEN
III.
PLANNING THE GARDEN
IV.
PLANTING THE GARDEN
V.
GARDEN IMPLEMENTS
WEEDING AND TRANSPLANTING
VII.
THE HOT-BED AND COLD-FRAME
VIII.
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES
SOAP INFUSION, OR KEROSENE EMULSION
BORDEAUX MIXTURE
IX.
WHAT TO GROW
BEANS
BEETS
CABBAGE
CARROTS
CAULIFLOWER
CELERY
X.
WHAT TO GROW (Continued)
SWEET CORN
CUCUMBER
Plant for a succession.
LETTUCE
MELONS
MUSHROOMS
ONION
PARSLEY
PARSNIP
PEAS
Okra
XI.
WHAT TO GROW (Continued)
PEPPER
POTATO
PUMPKIN
RADISH
SALSIFY
SQUASH
TOMATO
TURNIP
XII.
"GREENS" AND MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS
XIII.
ASPARAGUS AND RHUBARB.
RHUBARB
XV.
RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES
XVI.
THE CURRANT AND THE GOOSEBERRY
XVII.
THE GRAPE
THE GARDENER'S CALENDAR
SUGGESTIONS AND REMINDERS OF WORK APPROPRIATE TO EACH MONTH
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

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