The illustrations in this book are from excellent photographs--especially made for the various chapters--that the student of plant life may compare and identify with some degree of assurance as to varieties and particular specimens, especially in the matter of plant organisms. The volume is divided according to the calendar, for the reason that in the plant world there is interest for every month in the year if only someone is by to point the way, and it is for this purpose that the little story of Prue and Davy and their garden is offered to instructors in the schoolroom and at home, and to the young people themselves, with the greetings and good wishes of THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS PAGE JANUARY, 13 I You may begin your garden right away II Your garden may not look as I have it here III Many seeds are given wings IV I think seeds know the months FEBRUARY, 43 I Little plants won't stand much handling II Hey for the merry little sweet pease III Even clover belongs to the pulse family IV Beans and morning-glories twine to the right V The honeysuckle twines always to the left MARCH, 73 I Still it was really a radish II The sun swings like a great pendulum III Long before there were any railroads and cities IV Did you ever see the little man in the pansy? APRIL, 103 I The yellow dust is a food for the seed II The coming of the corn III Cross by name and cross by nature IV A peppery family V For in that dish was Davy's corn MAY, 131 I Sweet pease have to be put down pretty deep II Different families of ants have different droves of cows III There are many ways of producing species JUNE, 159 I Then they went down into the strawberry patch II How the rose became queen III The sun is the greatest of all JULY, 187 I A plant is divided into three principal parts II There are exogens and endogens III I don't see what weeds are for, anyway AUGUST, 211 I There are just two kinds of leaves II Sometimes I think plants can see and hear III There are plants which do not bloom IV The princess by the sea SEPTEMBER, 241 I A flower really has clothes II A flower has many servants III A flower may really reason IV Some flowers live off other flowers and plants V The prince and the thread of gold