OCTOBER, 267 I Seeds are made to be planted II There are bitter nuts and sweet ones III There are many things called fruits NOVEMBER, 291 I There are annuals, biennials, and perennials II Plants know how to spread III All thanks for the plants DECEMBER, 313 I New gardens in the windows II To the garden of sleep III In the gardens of Christmas IV Some verses, and then good-by ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE _Frontispiece_ Davy's window--Prue's window 19 The beans at the end of two weeks 23 The morning-glories two weeks old 27 The pot of radishes 35 The pease two weeks old 37 The corn at the end of two weeks 47 The pease run up straight ladders 53 A member of the pulse family 59 The morning-glory twines to the right 65 The nasturtiums began to hide the little pot 75 The very small lettuce leaves 81 Davy's pot of radishes 93 "Davy's corn sent out a plume at the top" 97 "The morning-glories had bloomed and already had seed pods" 113 "Cabbage" was the fat fellow's name 115 "They called it nasturtium" 121 Alyssum--the sweetest of the "Cross" family 123 "Don't you think the blackberry looks a little like a wild rose?" 135 "And the apple blossom, too?" 139 Budding 149 The Chief Gardener's strawberries 161 Big, big berries that looked so good 165 The rose stamens and pistil which produce the seed 175 "Gardeners often take a rose of one kind and shake it gently over a rose of another kind" 178 "Sometimes the gardener takes up the pollen on a soft brush and lays it gently on the stigma of another rose" 179 The pistil and stamens of the lily 192 A pistil and calyx and a complete flower 193 A group of endogens--the lily, hyacinth, and daffodil 195 Some simple leaves 217 Pine-needles are leaves 218