Gardens for Children
10 books by William Vincent Carleton

The Plot Is Yours
A small ground, and no guilt in it

October, When Dee Comes Close
A small elder, and a message that is not a speech

The Annual's Pocket of Seeds
One year, and the pocket that outlives it

The Perennial's Address
They leave, and the crown stays

The Nursery Hospital
Linens, light, air, and patience with time

Beds, Houses, and the Lever
Structures a child may invent

A Sill, a Bag, and No Yard
For the child whose land is a window

The Roof That Holds Rain
A garden in the sky, tied down

Four Doors of the Year
A cold-country gardener's round

Where Winter Does Not Win
When an annual is allowed to become a bush