A Year in a Lancashire Garden / Second Edition

CONTENTS.

	PAGE
I.
Introductory—The House—The Latest Flowers—The Arbutus—Chrysanthemums—Fallen Leaves—Planting—The Apple-room—The Log-house—Christmas	1

II.
Gardening Blunders—The Walled Garden and the Fruit Walls—Spring Gardening—Christmas Roses—Snowdrops—Pot Plants	10

III.
Frost—The Vineries and Vines—Early Forcing—Orange Trees—Spring Work—Aconites—The Crocus	18

IV.
The Rookery—Daffodils—Peach Blossoms—Spring Flowers—Primroses—Violets—The Shrubs of Spring	26

V.
The Herbaceous Beds—Pulmonaria—Wallflowers—Polyanthus—Starch Hyacinths—Sweet Brier—Primula Japonica—Early Annuals and Bulbs—The Old Yellow China	34

VI.
Ants and Aphis—Fruit Trees—The Grass Walk—"Lilac-tide"—Narcissus—Snowflakes—Columbines—Kalmias—Hawthorn Bushes	42

VII.
The Summer Garden—The Buddleia—Ghent Azaleas—The Mixed Borders—Roses—The Green Rose	51

VIII.
The Fruit Crop—Hautbois Strawberries—Lilium Auratum—Sweet Williams—Carnations—The Bedding-out	59

IX.
Weeds—Tomatos—Tritomas—Night-scented Flowers—Tuberoses—Magnolia—Asters—Indian Corn	67

X.
St. Luke's Summer—The Orchard—The Barberry—White Haricot Beans—Transplanting—The Rockery	75

XI.
The Wood and the Withered Leaves—Statues—Sun-dials—The Snow—Plans for the Spring—Conclusion	82

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER.
Flowering Shrubs—Yuccas—Memorial Trees—Ranunculus—Pansies—Canna Indica—Summer Flowers—Bluets—Fruit blossoms and Bees—Strawberry Leaves—Garden Sounds—Mowing—Birds—The Swallow—Pleasures of a Garden	89

NOTES.
I.—On the Viola of the Romans	107
II.—On the Azalea Viscosa	110
III.—On the Solanum Tribe	112
IV.—On the Sunflower of the Classics	115
V.—On Flowers and the Poets	118

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YEAR IN A LANCASHIRE GARDEN.

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