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Dahlia Walk at Ravensworth, County Fairfax, Virginia. 



Home of Mrs. W. R. Fitzhugh Lee. Photographed by 



Elizabeth W. Trescot 177 



Petunias 180 



Virgin's Bower, in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, 



Worcester, Massachusetts 184 



Matrimony Vine at Van Cortlandt Manor. Photographed by 



J. Horace Me Far land , 186 



White Chinese Wistaria, in Garden of Mortimer Howell, Esq., 



West Hampton Beach, Long island 1 88 



Spircea Van Houtteii. Photographed by J. Horace McFar- 



land facing 190 



Old Apple Tree at Whitehall. Home of Bishop Berkeley, 



near Newport, Rhode Island 194 



" The valley stretching below 

 Is white with blossoming Apple trees, 

 As if touched with lightest snow.' 1 ' 1 



Photographed by T. E. M. and G. F. White . . .197 

 Old Hand-power Cider Mill. Photographed by Mary F. C. 



Paschall . 198 



Pressing out the Cider in Old Hand Mill 200 



Old Cider Mill with Horse Power. Photographed by T. E. M. 



and G. F. White 203 



Straining off the Cider into Barrels . . . . . . 204 



Drying Apples. Photographed by T. E. M. and G. F. White 



facing 208 

 Ancient Apple Picker, Apple Racks, Apple Parers, Apple 



Butter Kettle, Apple Butter Paddle, Apple Butter Stirrer, 



Apple Butter Crocks. Photographed by Mary F. C. 



Paschall 21 1 



Making Apple Butter. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 



facing 214 

 Shakespeare Border in Garden at Hillside, Menand?s, near 



Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey . 216 

 Long Border at Hillside, Menand^s, near Albany, New York. 



Photographed by Gustave Lorey . . . facing 218 

 The Beauty of Winter Lilacs. In Garden of Mrs. Abraham 



Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Pirie Mac- 

 Donald 220 



Garden of Mrs. Frank Robinson, Wakefteld, Rhode Island . 222 



