Small gardens, and how to make the most of them

With far the larger half of our population =the question of cost= comes into everything. There are so many claims on our purses, that the money spent on recreations can only be...

A well-constructed rockery filled with a good selection of Alpine plants is a =never-failing delight= to anyone fond of a garden. Yet how rare a thing it is! most of the erectio...

The reason for the heading given to this chapter is that growing roses for show will not be mentioned, as it is quite a separate branch of the art and would require a book to it...

Forest-trees in a small garden are somewhat out of place, but as they are often found in such positions, I will deal with them here. It is to be remembered that though they give...

Nevertheless, a great many do not cultivate them successfully, so a few hints will not be amiss. =Constant attention= is needed to keep plants in perfect health, and this is exa...

If a small garden has room for any fruit-trees, =apples are the most useful= kind to grow; they can be so trained as to take up little room; for instance, in _espalier_ fashion,...

Though it is true enough that the best workmen need little mechanical aid, yet =a well-stocked tool-shed= is not to be despised. Sometimes it may only be a portion of a bicycle-...

We will begin alphabetically, therefore I will first say a few words regarding the =pink-flowered anemone japonica=. Though the white variety (_alba_) is to be seen in every gar...

Perhaps the most important point to be taken notice of is the necessity of =firm planting=. Watch how a clever gardener presses the earth well round the roots of everything he p...

=A well-kept conservatory= adds much to the charm of a drawing-room, but requires careful management. Potting and the like cannot very well go on in a place which must always lo...

Where gardens are small, one seems to need window boxes more than where there is land and to spare. They add to the number of one's flowers, and, if carefully looked after, deci...

It is imperative that =a small garden=, such as one generally finds attached to suburban or small houses, should be made the very most of. Frequently, however, its owners seem t...

=THE AUTOCRAT OF THE GARDEN.= We have spoken of the general arrangement of the suburban garden, and must now proceed to particularize. First as to =the lawn=: It might often be...

The fashion of decorating tables to the extent now done is of comparatively recent date. When the duties were taken off the importation of foreign flowers, they became so much l...

=The Best Seeds in the World= for securing a supply of Vegetables "the year round," and for keeping the Flower Garden and Greenhouse always gay, and with abundance of Flowers to...

=Propagation may be affected in various ways=, of which division is perhaps the easiest. It must be done very carefully, or decay will set in. Some plants lend themselves to thi...

="Be original!"= is a motto that every amateur gardener should adopt. Far too few experiments are made by the average owner of a garden; he jogs along on the same old lines, wit...

=The best garden as a rule has the fewest insects=, indeed, no foe is allowed to lodge for any length of time without means being taken for its extermination. Some enemies are m...

being rather precarious, I have found it advisable to =sow all the smaller seeds either in a green-house or frame=, however hardy the annual be. This not only saves endless trou...

Many amateurs look upon annuals as rubbishy things to grow, and only suitable for the children's gardens, but that is because they have generally failed to grow them properly. W...