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COTTAGE, AND BED ABOVE THE WALL Frontispiece 



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PLANS OF COTTAGE 19 



FRANCONIA MOUNTAIN HORIZON AT SUNSET . 30 



THE WALL BEFORE PLANTING .... 40 



THE COTTAGE AND WILLOW HEDGE ... 55 



MOUNT LAFAYETTE 79 



THE WALL AFTER PLANTING .... 83 



THE POND 89 



ELDERS RAISED FROM SEED 100 



PHLOXES, WHITE AND RED 105 



SILVER-DOLLAR PHLOX 108 



A BIT OF THE LILY BED 133 



WHERE LADY'S-SLIPPERS GROW .... 142 



LUPINE ROCK . 146 



GIANT BLUE LARKSPUR 150 



FOXGLOVES 171 



THE BROOK . 183 



ONE LUPINE PLANT 191 



PANSIES AND IRIS 199 



A PRACTICAL WORKING COSTUME . . . 212 

 THE BIRDS' TABLE AND BATH-TUB . . .222 



" FlTZSIMMONS " AT BREAKFAST .... 227 



THE PASTORALE (BEETHOVEN, No. VI) . . 231 

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