Illustrations xi 



FACING PAGE 



FRAXINELLA, THE FRAGRANT-LEAVED AND RESINOUS GAS PLANT, 



BELOVED BY OUR GRANDMOTHERS (Dr. R. L. Dickinson) 53 



THE SPIRIT OF THE COLONIAL HOME AND GARDEN (Nathan R. 



Graves) .......... 62 



POET S NARCISSUS NATURALISED ALONG AN OPEN WOODLAND 



WALK (J. Horace McFarland) 63 



STAR-LIKE NARCISSI IN THE WILD GRASS (A. Radclyffe Dug- 

 more) 70 



SECTION OF THE SAME BIT OF NATURALISTIC PLANTING SHOWN IN 



THE PRECEDING PICTURE (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) . . 71 



TALL, LATE GARDEN TULIPS (Gesneriand) NATURALISED IN A 

 GRASSY BORDER IN FRONT OF SHRUBBERY (J. Horace 

 McFarland) 72 



TAWNY ORANGE DAY LILIES NATURALISED ALONG A DRIVE 



(J. Horace McFarland) 73 



PERMANENT HARDY LILIES AND SHIRLEY POPPIES (R. B. Whyte) 76 



DOUBLE ENGLISH DAISIES DISCARDED FROM FORMAL FLOWER 

 BEDS MAY BE NATURALISED ON THE SUNNY BANK OF A POND 

 (J. Horace McFarland) 77 



OUR NATIVE BLOODROOT DELIGHTS IN HAVING ITS ROOTS IN A 



COOL, ROCKY CREVICE (J. Horace McFarland) 82 



SHEETS OF BLUE FORGET-ME-NOTS SPREAD OVER THE BANKS OF A 



WILD GARDEN (J. Horace McFarland) 83 



WAXY WHITE INDIAN PIPES AND CREEPING DALIBARDA (J. 



Horace McFarland) 86 



OUR NATIVE SHOWY LADY S SLIPPER IN MOIST ALLUVIAL SOIL 



(Willis H. Sargent) 87 



