CHAPTER II. THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE

_The plan of the grounds_

_The picture in the landscape_

_Birds; and cats_

_The planting is part of the design or picture_

_The flower-growing should be part of the design_

Defects in flower-growing

Lawn flower-beds

Flower-borders

The old-fashioned garden

Contents of the flower-borders

_The value of plants may lie in foliage and form rather than in bloom_

Odd and formal trees

Poplars and the like

Plant-forms

_Various specific examples_

An example

Another example

A third example

A small back yard

A city lot

General remarks

_Review_