LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Fig. 



1. Landscape gardening in a laboring man's back 



2. A harmonious effect in sub-tropical gardening, 



3. The natural style in park planting, 



4. Where shrubs are needed, 



5. Where shrubs are added, 



6. The French idea of the natural style, 



7. The Italian style in Italy, 



8. The geometrical style on flat ground, 



9. The Italian garden in America, 



10. The architectural style, Columbian exposition 



11. William Gilpin's idea of picturesqueness 



12. A picturesque tree, 



13. Rustic picturesqueness, . 



14. A good effect of naturalness, 



15. The sky line properly punctuated, 



16. Differences of texture in foliage, 



17. A winter picture, . 



18. Background and screen combined, 



19. Street entrance, . 



20. Entrance to a military park, 



21. Diverging drives, . 



22. A well planted street, 



23. The effective use of water, 



24. The water mirror, 



25. Back-yard garden in a city lot, . 



26. The privacy of the home garden, 



27. Suggestion for a farmyard, 



28. The ideal park, 



29. The American elder, 



30. Hardy hydrangea properly planted, 



31. Suggestion for border planting, 



32. Iceland poppy, 



33. Annuals in back-yard garden, . 



34. Lilium speciosum, 

 85. Yucca fliamentosa, • • 



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