List of Illustrations — Continued 



XI 



SUBJECT 



Water-Hlies as cut flowers . 



The so-called "Egyptian" lotus 



Lotvis in a farmer's yard . 



The white water-lily of the South 



Pitcher plant in flower 



Victoria regia in flower 



The wonderful sustaining power of Victoria rcgia 



A small water-lily pond 



Another view of the same pond 



Under side of a Victoria leaf . 



An "open" rock garden 



A glimpse of the rock garden . 



A bit of nature-like rock gardening. 



A successful window garden 



A good corner of bulbs 



The window garden .... 



The common heliotrope 



A truss of hyacinth .... 



One of the pi-imroses ... 



A good cyclamen 



The Bermuda buttercuD 



The polyanthus narcissus . 



Gloirc de Lorraine Begonia 



A novel way of growing wild flowers 



Cheap but effective pits 



Azalea shed and pits .... 



Coldframes of brick and iron 



A market gardener's lay-out of glass 



View in a greenhouse .... 



Hotbeds ....... 



Greenhouse in winter . 



The fences protrude .... 



A snug httle greenhouse 



It is pleasant to grow one's own carnations 



Orchids 



Chrysanthemums on a side bench 



Easter time 



An ideal worth striving for 



A general collection of plants . 



Mr. E. T. Harvey's modest greenhouse 



A greenhouse that could be built for about 



A winter home in Florida . 



It is worth while to ha\-e a little greenhouse 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 



Initial 



A bit of formal gardening . 



An Italian garden at Brookline 



Hardy grasses as elements of formal garden 



A bit of dwarf flowering cannas 



Where both styles meet 



Formal beds edged with box 



A modest formal garden 



Two distinct styles of formal gardening 



Stately steps descend into the formal garden 



Where the sun-dial has the place of honour 



A common example of bedding-out . 



Bits of old box hedge. 



Bulb time 



Standard roses 



"With rye straw I thatched the gate" 

 "I built an impossible red bridge" . 

 "I laid out an irregular square" 

 "I wanted to see and hear real water" 

 Glimpses of a Japanese garden 



PHOTOGRAPHER 



J. Horace McFarland 

 C. C. Pierce & Co. 

 Charles F. Barber 

 Mrs. M. S. Gaines 

 Verne Morton 

 A. A. Coult . 

 James Gurney 

 E. T. Harvey 

 E. T. Harvev 

 A. A. Cotilt ■ . 

 Wurts Bros. . 

 T. E. Marr . 

 J. Horace McFarland 

 Miss Mary G. Huntsm 

 y, Horace McFarland 

 H. B. Fullerton 



G. W. Burger 

 Geo. D. Morgan . 

 Eugene J. Hall . 

 Geo. D. Morgan . 

 Geo. D. Morgan . 

 E. T. Har\ey 

 E. T. Har\"ev 

 Eugene J. Hall . 

 Volberg . 



J. Horace McFarland 

 C. E. Hooper 

 Wurts Bros. . 

 T. E. Marr . 

 Mrs. W. C. Egan . 

 J. Horace McFarland 

 J. Horace McFarland 

 Henry Troth . 

 Henry Troth . 

 Wurts Bros. . 

 J. Horace McFarland 

 J. Horace McFarland 

 J. Horace McFarland 

 Henry Troth . 

 J. Horace McFarland 

 Henry Troth . 

 H. F/. Ransier 

 Chas. P. Marshall. 

 Chas. P. Marshall. 

 Chas. P. Marshall. 

 Henrv Troth . 



