The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers, by Harry Roberts, Illustrated by Ethel Roskruge

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HANDBOOKS OF PRACTICAL GARDENING—IV

EDITED BY HARRY ROBERTS

THE BOOK OF OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS

AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN

THE BOOK OF OLD-
FASHIONED FLOWERS
AND OTHER PLANTS WHICH THRIVE
IN THE OPEN-AIR OF ENGLAND

BY
HARRY ROBERTS
AUTHOR OF "THE CHRONICLE OF A CORNISH GARDEN"

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
REPRODUCED FROM DRAWINGS BY
ETHEL ROSKRUGE

JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMI

Turnbull & Spears, Printers, Edinburgh.

TO HOMELY UNAFFECTED PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE HOMELY UNASSUMING FLOWERS

"The precious metals are not often found at the surface of the earth."—Sir Arthur Helps

"I speak with the lowliest of the meadow flowers as readily as with the highest fir-trees."—Heine[viii]

	PAGE
Thanks	xiii
Scope and Limitations	1
Old-Fashioned Flowers	4
A Garden by the Sea	12
Cottage Gardens	24
The Garden in Winter	28
The Garden in Spring	37
The Garden in June	48
How to grow Roses	52
The Garden in July	57
Night in the Garden	62
The Garden in August	69
The Garden in Autumn	73
Shelter and Shade	81
Soils and their Preparation	86
Manures	94
Seed-Sowing and Transplanting	96
Layers and Cuttings	101
Weeds	103
Insect and Other Pests	107
Points	111

ILLUSTRATIONS