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A GRASSY PATH ON EITHER SIDE OF WHICH COLONIES OF WILD 



FLOWERS BLOOM (T. E. Mart) 90 



FERNS AND WOOD ASTERS IN A SHADY PLACE (J. Horace McFar- 



land) 91 



A SUGGESTIVE ENTRANCE TO A ROCK GARDEN (Henry Troth) . 102 

 A CARPET OF CREEPING PHLOX (J. Horace McFarland) . . 103 



YELLOW, ORANGE, AND WHITE PERENNIAL ICELAND POPPIES (J. 



Horace McFarland) 106 



ROCK GARDEN BESIDE A BROOK IN EARLY SPRING (J. Horace 



McFarland) 107 



&quot; WATER IN A LANDSCAPE Is AS A MIRROR TO A ROOM THE FEA 

 TURE THAT DOUBLES AND ENHANCES ALL ITS CHARMS&quot; 

 (T. E. Marr) 114 



A BROOK MAY BE INDUCED BY A DAM TO OVERFLOW A BIT OF 

 LOW-LYING MEADOW AND BECOME THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR IN 

 A WATER GARDEN (Henry Troth) 115 



WHAT WATER GARDEN WAS EVER COMPLETE WITHOUT ITS 

 GOLDEN-HEARTED, PASTEL-TINTED WATER-LILIES ? (C. J. 

 Hibbard) 118 



FLOATING WATER-LILIES AND INDIAN LOTUSES (W. H. Hill) . 119 



WHAT WOULD ONE NOT GIVE TO POSSESS SUCH AN OAK THE 

 VERY EMBODIMENT OF STRENGTH AND NOBILITY ? (John T. 

 Withers) 134 



STRONG MASS PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG AN 



ENTRANCE DRIVE (O. C. Simonds) 135 



AN AVENUE OF WHITE PINES (Partridge) . . . . 138 



GARDEN ENTRANCE THROUGH A DENSE HEDGE OF ARBORVITAE 



(Thuya Occidentalism (T. E. Marr) . . f& . . 139 



