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Index
The Mary Frances Garden Book PREFACE CONTENTS THE MARY FRANCES GARDENS INSTRUCTIONS— CHAPTER I Feather Flop, the Garden Boss CHAPTER II Feather Flop Oversleeps CHAPTER III Billy Plans the Garden
Garden Lesson No. 1 Planning a Garden Lay-out of the Gardens
CHAPTER IV Feather Flop’s Argument CHAPTER V Gardens for Little Folks
GARDEN LESSON No. 2 What to Plant
Garden for Little Folks Garden for Little Folks—10x15 Feet
Explanation OF THE LITTLE FOLKS FLOWER GARDEN
Four Hardy Bulbs for Little Folks Garden
Hardy Perennials
Twelve Hardy Perennials for Little Folks Garden
Annuals
Annuals for Little Folks Garden Vegetables for Little Folks Garden
CHAPTER VI Gardens for Big Boys and Girls
Garden Lists for Big Boys and Girls NOTE ON THE GARDEN CUT-OUTS A Letter About the Garden Cut-Outs A Few Hints on Growing the Flowers Shown in the Garden Cut-Outs
CHAPTER VII Early Spring Garden
LIST No. 1 Five Bulbs* for Early Spring Hardy Garden Seven Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early Spring
CHAPTER VIII Early Summer Garden
LIST No. 2 Eleven Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early Summer MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUT No. 3
CHAPTER IX Mid-Summer Garden
LIST No. 3
CHAPTER X Autumn Garden
LIST No. 4 Thirteen Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early and Late Fall MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUT No. 4
CHAPTER XI Some Favorite Annuals
List of Fifteen Annuals Everlasting Flowers VEGETABLE GARDEN
CHAPTER XII Window Boxes
Suggestions for Planting of Window Boxes
Nine Excellent Free-Blooming Plants for Window Boxes An Herb-Garden Window Box A Soup-and-Sauce Garden
CHAPTER XIII Billy Tests the Soil
GARDEN LESSON No. 3
Testing the Soil Clayey Soil Sandy Soil Humus What Humus Is What Humus Does To Make a Compost Heap
CHAPTER XIV How to Plant
Garden Tools
To Dig up the Garden To Prepare the Soil To Plant Seeds in Boxes Preparing the Soil Sowing the Seed Boxes Watering the Seed Boxes
CHAPTER XV The Outdoor Seed-Bed
GARDEN LESSON No. 4
The Outdoors Seed-Bed To Make a Garden Line To Use the Garden Line Planting in Drills Broadcasting Covering the Seeds To Mark the Beds
CHAPTER XVI Seed Babies and Their Nurses
Seed Babies in Their Coats Cotyledons Thinning Out the Plants To Cultivate Watering The Importance of Cultivating
CHAPTER XVII Names of Parts of Flowers
GARDEN LESSON No. 5 Names of Parts of Flowers
The Story of Little Buttercup
CHAPTER XVIII Good Mrs. Bee CHAPTER XIX The Story of Fertilization
The Birth of Seed Babies. Formation of the Pistil The Need of Pollen How Can the Flowers Get Pollen The Flowers Spread a Feast for Insects Nectar Honey Bee’s Honey-Churns The Insects Carry Pollen Bumble Bees Help Animals Would Starve Without This Work of Insects Moths and Butterflies Help, Too
CHAPTER XX The Story of the Honey Bee
The Bee City The Queen Bee Worker Bees Drone Bees Why the Workers Kill the Drones The Wonderful Bodies of the Bees The Body of the Worker Bee The Antennæ Legs, Wings, and Claws Pollen Baskets The Wings The Industry of the Worker Wax Pockets The Honey-Sac The Body of the Queen Bee The Sting The Body of the Drone
CHAPTER XXI How the Bees Work
The Ventilating Workers—The Fanners The Comb Builders The Queen’s Work Worker Baby Bees The Drone Baby Bee The Queen Baby or Princess Why Bees “Swarm” How Bees Spend the Winter
CHAPTER XXII The Children’s Money-making Plans CHAPTER XXIII Mr. Hop Toad Hops In
The Story of the Hop Toad Tadpoles Toads’ Enemies How Toads Help the Garden
CHAPTER XXIV Mr. Cutworm, the Villain
Paper Collars to Protect Plants from Cutworms
CHAPTER XXV Birds as Plants’ Friends
A Robins’ Sleeping Porch A Bungalow for Wrens The Martens’ Hotel The Blue Birds’ Cottage
CHAPTER XXVI Little Ladybird
Ladybirds or Ladybugs
CHAPTER XXVII Curly Dock CHAPTER XXVIII The Stupid Honey Drops—Aphids
Aphids or Plant Lice Aphis-lion
CHAPTER XXIX Some Sprays for Garden Pests
Garden Pests Hellebore
CHAPTER XXX Early Vegetables CHAPTER XXXI Feather Flop’s Temptation CHAPTER XXXII Feather Flop Gets Angry CHAPTER XXXIII Father and Mother’s Surprise CHAPTER XXXIV Feather Flop Makes Up CHAPTER XXXV Roses
Old-Fashioned Roses How New Roses Came About How Roses are Propagated Cuttings Growing Rose Cuttings Under Glass Jars Budding “Suckers”
CHAPTER XXXVI The Best Roses to Plant
Classes of Roses The Homes of Certain Roses About Hybrid Perpetual Roses Tea Roses About Hybrid Tea Roses What Roses to Plant Wichuraiana Roses (Evergreen or Memorial Roses) Rugosa Roses Tree Roses
CHAPTER XXXVII The Wicked Rose Bugs
How to Plant Roses Where to Make Beds for Roses How to Make Beds for Roses How Deep to Plant Roses The Best Time to Plant Roses Caring for Roses Fertilizers Enemies of Roses Pruning Roses
CHAPTER XXXVIII The Fairy Wood Nymphs CHAPTER XXXIX Good and Bad Weeds
“Good and Bad Weeds”
CHAPTER XL Bouncing Bet and Her Friends
Plant Families Rose Family Night Shade Family
CHAPTER XLI Buttercup and Daisy Families
Buttercup Family Sunflower Family (Composite Family)
CHAPTER XLII Water Babies CHAPTER XLIII How Plants Grow
The Leaf-Mill
CHAPTER XLIV A Wicked Innkeeper
A Wicked Innkeeper
CHAPTER XLV Uninvited Guests
Dodder Parasite Plants
CHAPTER XLVI How Seed Babies Travel
Why Plants Travel How Plants Travel
Seed Pods with Burry Coats Pods which Shoot Seeds Tumble Weeds Seed Babies with Wings
CHAPTER XLVII Have a Seat on a Toad Stool
Plants without Flowers Mushrooms or Toad Stools Fungi, Bracket Fungus Molds Bacteria
CHAPTER XLVIII Some Ways to Rid of Weeds
Weeds Some Ways to Rid of Weeds Poison Ivy Virginia Creeper Some Ways in Which Plants Protect Themselves
CHAPTER XLIX Queen’s Lace Trims Well CHAPTER L The Wild Flower Garden CHAPTER LI Growing Perennials from Seed
Cheese-cloth Shade Frame Lattice Shade Frame
CHAPTER LII The Money the Children Made CHAPTER LIII Mary Frances’ Garden Party
For Twelve Green Pepper Sandwiches Spearmint Jumbles
CHAPTER LIV Feather Flop’s Conceit CHAPTER LV Bob and Billy’s Vacation
The Planting of Bulbs Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs in Autumn How to Plant Bulbs Depth to Plant Where to Plant Bulbs Bulbs in the Grass
CHAPTER LVI Daffodil and Other Bulbs
Bulbs to Plant in the Fall
Snowdrops Squills (Scilla) Grape Hyacinths (Muscari) Narcissus or Daffodils Hyacinths Tulips Lilies Iris (Flags)
Bulbs to Plant in Early Spring
Tuberoses Gladiolus
Hardy Bulbs for a Small Garden Growing Bulbs Indoors
CHAPTER LVII Billy Builds a Hotbed
Hotbed Cold Frame
CHAPTER LVIII Some Hints on Growing Vegetables
The Earliest Vegetables to Plant The Second Early Vegetables to Plant (About ten days after the first) Fertilizers Insecticides
CHAPTER LIX The City Garden
Hanging Gardens A Soup and Sauce Garden
Okra or Gumbo
Indoor Garden Watering House Plants
CHAPTER LX Garden Color-Pictures CHAPTER LXI Patterns for Paper Flowers
To Make a Wild Rose
CHAPTER LXII The Mary Frances Garden Cut-Outs
Directions for Making THE MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUTS
CHAPTER LXIII Little Gardeners’ Calendar
The Little Gardeners’ Calendar
CHAPTER LXIV Budding and Grafting CHAPTER LXV Prizes at the County Fair
FOOTNOTES:
The Mary Frances Books For Teaching Useful Things in an Entertaining Way Handsomely Illustrated Books For Children
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