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Contents: Foreword/E.L.D. Seymour. Preface. 1. Planning. 2. Soil fertility and how to maintain it. 3. Lawns and grading. 4. Trees and shrubs. 5. Planting, transplanting, pruning. 6. Coniferous evergreens. 7. Acid loving plants. 8. Hedges. 9. Vines. 10. The flower garden. 11. Roses. 12. Bulbs, corms and tubers. 13. The rock garden. 14. The water garden. 15. The vegetable garden. 16. Fruits and berries. 17. Plant diseases and pests. 18. Equipment. 19. Propagation. 20. The amateur greenhouse. 21. Window boxes. 22. House plants. 23. Soilless gardening. 24. Garden construction. 25. Garden records. 26. Flower arrangement. 27. Calendar of garden operations. Index.

"The book is designed for the gardener, to help him avoid common mistakes and get the most from the money and effort expanded on garden. To get results, it is necessary for the researcher to consider the book as a whole. This book offers the manner of presentation and its contribution of some labour saving methods. The book is convincing evidence of author’s success in presenting the kind of information amateur gardeners need in the way in which they can best make use of and benefit from it."