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- The Mary Frances Garden Book
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE MARY FRANCES GARDENS
- INSTRUCTIONS—
- CHAPTER I Feather Flop, the Garden Boss
- CHAPTER II Feather Flop Oversleeps
- CHAPTER III Billy Plans the Garden
- Garden Lesson No. 1 Planning a Garden
- Lay-out of the Gardens
- CHAPTER IV Feather Flop’s Argument
- CHAPTER V Gardens for Little Folks
- GARDEN LESSON No. 2 What to Plant
- Garden for Little Folks
- Garden for Little Folks—10x15 Feet
- Garden for Little Folks
- Garden for Little Folks—10x15 Feet
- Explanation OF THE LITTLE FOLKS FLOWER GARDEN
- Four Hardy Bulbs for Little Folks Garden
- Four Hardy Bulbs for Little Folks Garden
- Hardy Perennials
- Twelve Hardy Perennials for Little Folks Garden
- Twelve Hardy Perennials for Little Folks Garden
- Annuals
- Annuals for Little Folks Garden
- Vegetables for Little Folks Garden
- Annuals for Little Folks Garden
- Vegetables for Little Folks Garden
- GARDEN LESSON No. 2 What to Plant
- CHAPTER VI Gardens for Big Boys and Girls
- Garden Lists for Big Boys and Girls
- NOTE ON THE GARDEN CUT-OUTS
- A Letter About the Garden Cut-Outs
- A Few Hints on Growing the Flowers Shown in the Garden Cut-Outs
- CHAPTER VII Early Spring Garden
- LIST No. 1 Five Bulbs* for Early Spring Hardy Garden
- Seven Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early Spring
- CHAPTER VIII Early Summer Garden
- LIST No. 2 Eleven Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early Summer
- MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUT No. 3
- CHAPTER IX Mid-Summer Garden
- LIST No. 3
- CHAPTER X Autumn Garden
- LIST No. 4 Thirteen Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early and Late Fall
- MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUT No. 4
- CHAPTER XI Some Favorite Annuals
- List of Fifteen Annuals
- Everlasting Flowers
- VEGETABLE GARDEN
- CHAPTER XII Window Boxes
- Suggestions for Planting of Window Boxes
- Nine Excellent Free-Blooming Plants for Window Boxes
- An Herb-Garden Window Box A Soup-and-Sauce Garden
- Nine Excellent Free-Blooming Plants for Window Boxes
- An Herb-Garden Window Box A Soup-and-Sauce Garden
- Suggestions for Planting of Window Boxes
- CHAPTER XIII Billy Tests the Soil
- GARDEN LESSON No. 3
- Testing the Soil
- Clayey Soil
- Sandy Soil
- Humus
- What Humus Is
- What Humus Does
- To Make a Compost Heap
- Testing the Soil
- Clayey Soil
- Sandy Soil
- Humus
- What Humus Is
- What Humus Does
- To Make a Compost Heap
- GARDEN LESSON No. 3
- CHAPTER XIV How to Plant
- Garden Tools
- To Dig up the Garden
- To Prepare the Soil
- To Plant Seeds in Boxes
- Preparing the Soil
- Sowing the Seed Boxes
- Watering the Seed Boxes
- To Dig up the Garden
- To Prepare the Soil
- To Plant Seeds in Boxes
- Preparing the Soil
- Sowing the Seed Boxes
- Watering the Seed Boxes
- Garden Tools
- CHAPTER XV The Outdoor Seed-Bed
- GARDEN LESSON No. 4
- The Outdoors Seed-Bed
- To Make a Garden Line
- To Use the Garden Line
- Planting in Drills
- Broadcasting
- Covering the Seeds
- To Mark the Beds
- The Outdoors Seed-Bed
- To Make a Garden Line
- To Use the Garden Line
- Planting in Drills
- Broadcasting
- Covering the Seeds
- To Mark the Beds
- GARDEN LESSON No. 4
- CHAPTER XVI Seed Babies and Their Nurses
- Seed Babies in Their Coats
- Cotyledons
- Thinning Out the Plants
- To Cultivate
- Watering
- The Importance of Cultivating
- CHAPTER XVII Names of Parts of Flowers
- GARDEN LESSON No. 5 Names of Parts of Flowers
- The Story of Little Buttercup
- The Story of Little Buttercup
- GARDEN LESSON No. 5 Names of Parts of Flowers
- CHAPTER XVIII Good Mrs. Bee
- CHAPTER XIX The Story of Fertilization
- The Birth of Seed Babies. Formation of the Pistil
- The Need of Pollen
- How Can the Flowers Get Pollen
- The Flowers Spread a Feast for Insects
- Nectar
- Honey Bee’s Honey-Churns
- The Insects Carry Pollen
- Bumble Bees Help
- Animals Would Starve Without This Work of Insects
- Moths and Butterflies Help, Too
- CHAPTER XX The Story of the Honey Bee
- The Bee City
- The Queen Bee
- Worker Bees
- Drone Bees
- Why the Workers Kill the Drones
- The Wonderful Bodies of the Bees
- The Body of the Worker Bee
- The Antennæ
- Legs, Wings, and Claws
- Pollen Baskets
- The Wings
- The Industry of the Worker
- Wax Pockets
- The Honey-Sac
- The Body of the Queen Bee
- The Sting
- The Body of the Drone
- CHAPTER XXI How the Bees Work
- The Ventilating Workers—The Fanners
- The Comb Builders
- The Queen’s Work
- Worker Baby Bees
- The Drone Baby Bee
- The Queen Baby or Princess
- Why Bees “Swarm”
- How Bees Spend the Winter
- CHAPTER XXII The Children’s Money-making Plans
- CHAPTER XXIII Mr. Hop Toad Hops In
- The Story of the Hop Toad
- Tadpoles
- Toads’ Enemies
- How Toads Help the Garden
- CHAPTER XXIV Mr. Cutworm, the Villain
- Paper Collars to Protect Plants from Cutworms
- CHAPTER XXV Birds as Plants’ Friends
- A Robins’ Sleeping Porch
- A Bungalow for Wrens
- The Martens’ Hotel
- The Blue Birds’ Cottage
- CHAPTER XXVI Little Ladybird
- Ladybirds or Ladybugs
- CHAPTER XXVII Curly Dock
- CHAPTER XXVIII The Stupid Honey Drops—Aphids
- Aphids or Plant Lice
- Aphis-lion
- CHAPTER XXIX Some Sprays for Garden Pests
- Garden Pests
- Hellebore
- CHAPTER XXX Early Vegetables
- CHAPTER XXXI Feather Flop’s Temptation
- CHAPTER XXXII Feather Flop Gets Angry
- CHAPTER XXXIII Father and Mother’s Surprise
- CHAPTER XXXIV Feather Flop Makes Up
- CHAPTER XXXV Roses
- Old-Fashioned Roses
- How New Roses Came About
- How Roses are Propagated
- Cuttings
- Growing Rose Cuttings Under Glass Jars
- Budding
- “Suckers”
- CHAPTER XXXVI The Best Roses to Plant
- Classes of Roses
- The Homes of Certain Roses
- About Hybrid Perpetual Roses
- Tea Roses
- About Hybrid Tea Roses
- What Roses to Plant
- Wichuraiana Roses (Evergreen or Memorial Roses)
- Rugosa Roses
- Tree Roses
- CHAPTER XXXVII The Wicked Rose Bugs
- How to Plant Roses
- Where to Make Beds for Roses
- How to Make Beds for Roses
- How Deep to Plant Roses
- The Best Time to Plant Roses
- Caring for Roses
- Fertilizers
- Enemies of Roses
- Pruning Roses
- CHAPTER XXXVIII The Fairy Wood Nymphs
- CHAPTER XXXIX Good and Bad Weeds
- “Good and Bad Weeds”
- CHAPTER XL Bouncing Bet and Her Friends
- Plant Families
- Rose Family
- Night Shade Family
- CHAPTER XLI Buttercup and Daisy Families
- Buttercup Family
- Sunflower Family (Composite Family)
- CHAPTER XLII Water Babies
- CHAPTER XLIII How Plants Grow
- The Leaf-Mill
- CHAPTER XLIV A Wicked Innkeeper
- A Wicked Innkeeper
- CHAPTER XLV Uninvited Guests
- Dodder
- Parasite Plants
- CHAPTER XLVI How Seed Babies Travel
- Why Plants Travel
- How Plants Travel
- Seed Pods with Burry Coats
- Pods which Shoot Seeds
- Tumble Weeds
- Seed Babies with Wings
- Seed Pods with Burry Coats
- Pods which Shoot Seeds
- Tumble Weeds
- Seed Babies with Wings
- CHAPTER XLVII Have a Seat on a Toad Stool
- Plants without Flowers
- Mushrooms or Toad Stools
- Fungi,
- Bracket Fungus
- Molds
- Bacteria
- CHAPTER XLVIII Some Ways to Rid of Weeds
- Weeds
- Some Ways to Rid of Weeds
- Poison Ivy
- Virginia Creeper
- Some Ways in Which Plants Protect Themselves
- CHAPTER XLIX Queen’s Lace Trims Well
- CHAPTER L The Wild Flower Garden
- CHAPTER LI Growing Perennials from Seed
- Cheese-cloth Shade Frame
- Lattice Shade Frame
- CHAPTER LII The Money the Children Made
- CHAPTER LIII Mary Frances’ Garden Party
- For Twelve Green Pepper Sandwiches
- Spearmint Jumbles
- CHAPTER LIV Feather Flop’s Conceit
- CHAPTER LV Bob and Billy’s Vacation
- The Planting of Bulbs
- Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs in Autumn
- How to Plant Bulbs
- Depth to Plant
- Where to Plant Bulbs
- Bulbs in the Grass
- CHAPTER LVI Daffodil and Other Bulbs
- Bulbs to Plant in the Fall
- Snowdrops
- Squills (Scilla)
- Grape Hyacinths (Muscari)
- Narcissus or Daffodils
- Hyacinths
- Tulips
- Lilies
- Iris (Flags)
- Snowdrops
- Squills (Scilla)
- Grape Hyacinths (Muscari)
- Narcissus or Daffodils
- Hyacinths
- Tulips
- Lilies
- Iris (Flags)
- Bulbs to Plant in Early Spring
- Tuberoses
- Gladiolus
- Tuberoses
- Gladiolus
- Hardy Bulbs for a Small Garden
- Growing Bulbs Indoors
- Bulbs to Plant in the Fall
- CHAPTER LVII Billy Builds a Hotbed
- Hotbed
- Cold Frame
- CHAPTER LVIII Some Hints on Growing Vegetables
- The Earliest Vegetables to Plant
- The Second Early Vegetables to Plant (About ten days after the first)
- Fertilizers
- Insecticides
- CHAPTER LIX The City Garden
- Hanging Gardens
- A Soup and Sauce Garden
- Okra or Gumbo
- Okra or Gumbo
- Indoor Garden
- Watering House Plants
- CHAPTER LX Garden Color-Pictures
- CHAPTER LXI Patterns for Paper Flowers
- To Make a Wild Rose
- CHAPTER LXII The Mary Frances Garden Cut-Outs
- Directions for Making THE MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUTS
- CHAPTER LXIII Little Gardeners’ Calendar
- The Little Gardeners’ Calendar
- CHAPTER LXIV Budding and Grafting
- CHAPTER LXV Prizes at the County Fair
- FOOTNOTES:
- The Mary Frances Books For Teaching Useful Things in an Entertaining Way
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