[Gutenberg 17514] • The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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THE GARDEN, YOU, AND I BY BARBARA

AUTHOR OF

"THE GARDEN OF A COMMUTER'S WIFE," "PEOPLE OF THE WHIRLPOOL," "AT THE SIGN OF THE FOX," ETC.

Dedicated

J.L.G. I.M.T.

AND

A.B.P.

THE LITERARY GARDENERS OF REDDING

GREETING

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE GARDEN, YOU, AND I I

THE WAYS OF THE WIND

THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN, YOU, AND I

The magnolias below at the road-bend.

III

CONCERNING HARDY PLANTS

THE SEED BED FOR HARDY FLOWERS English Larkspur Seven Feet High. Fraxinella,—German Iris and Candy-tuft.

THEIR GARDEN VACATION

ANNUALS—WORTHY AND UNWORTHY

THE MIDSUMMER GARDEN Longfellow's Garden. The Summer Garden—Verbenas. Asters well Massed.

THEIR FORTUNATE ESCAPE

CONCERNING EVERGREENS AND HENS The Pictorial Value of Evergreens.

VII

A SIMPLE ROSE GARDEN

My roses are scattered here, there, and everywhere. Rose Garden. With outside Border of Gravel and Grass. Madame Plantier at Van Cortland Manor. A Convenient Rose Bed.

VIII

A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE

"The last of the old orchard." The Screen of White Birches.

FERNS, FENCES, AND WHITE BIRCHES

"An endless shelter for every sort of wild thing."

FRANKNESS,—GARDENING AND OTHERWISE LIST OF FLOWER COMBINATIONS FOR THE TABLE FROM BARBARA'S GARDEN BOKE

A SEASIDE GARDEN

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THE TRANSPLANTING OF EVERGREENS

XIII

LILIES AND THEIR WHIMS

Speciosum Lilies in the Shade. The Poet's Narcissus.

FOOTNOTE:

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FRAGRANT FLOWERS AND LEAVES

A Bed of Japan Pinks.

THE PINK FAMILY OUTDOORS

Single and Double Pinks.

XVI

THE FRAME OF THE PICTURE

VINES AND SHRUBS The silver maple by the lane gate. A curtain to the side porch.

XVII

THE INS AND OUTS OF THE MATTER

XVIII

THE VALUE OF WHITE FLOWERS

An Iris Hedge. Daphne Cneorum. A Terrible Example!

XIX

PANDORA'S CHEST

The low, snow-covered meadow that looks like a crystal lake

EPILOGUE

Punch ... has a cache under the old syringa bushes.

SOME WORTHY ANNUALS

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