CONTENTS 



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Introduction .............. vii 



I. The Old Place .......... i 



II. Planting Willows and Pines ..... n 



III. A Baby Forest .......... 23 



IV. Clearing Up ........... 35 



V. On the Perversity of Certain Trees ... 51 



VI. The Wreck of an Ancient Garden ... 63 

 VII. A New Perennial Garden ...... 75 



VIII. A Venerable Orchard ........ 85 



IX. A Struggle with the Web-worm .... 97 



X. Planting Trees on a Lawn ...... in 



XI. Reclaiming a Salt Meadow ...... 123 



XII. Terraces and Shrubs ........ 137 



XIII. Evergreens in Spring ........ 151 



XIV. The Love of Flowers in America . . . .165 

 XV. The Rose-Chafer ......... 177 



XVI. Sufferings from Drought ....... 191 



XVII. The Blessing of the Rain ...... 203 



XVIII. Discouragements ......... 215 



XIX. A Water Garden ......... 229 



XX. Landscape Gardening ........ 245 



XXI. The Waning Year and its Suggestions . . 261 



XXII. Utility versus Beauty ........ 277 



