The English Flower Garden : Style, Position, and Arrangement (Paperback)

Preface; Part I: Position and style; Examples from English gardens; Hardy plants and the modes of arranging them; Of hardy flowers; Spring flowers; Autumnal flowers; Hardy bulbs; Alpine, boy, and water plants and hardy ferns; The special culture of choice and 'florists' hardy flowers; The garden of sweet-smelling flowers; The garden of beautiful form; The wild garden; Hardy climbing plants; Roseries, past and present; Economy and wasted effort; Summer bedding; Colour in the flower garden; Labelling and staking; Part II. The English Flower Garden, or, Flowers of the Open Air.