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Edging of Striped Lilies in a Salem Garden. Photographed by 



Herschel F. Davis ........ 283 



Garden Seat at Avonivood Court. Photographed by J. Horace 



McFarland facing 286 



Terraced Garden of the Misses Nichols, Salem, Massachusetts 288 

 " A Punning Pibbon of Perfumed Snow which the Sun is 



melting rapidly." At MarcJiant Farm, Kingston, Rhode 



Island. Photographed by Sarah F. MarcJiant . . . 292 

 Fountain Garden at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New 



York facing 294 



Hawthorn Arch at Holly House, Peace Dale, Rhode Island. 



Home of Rowland G. Hazard. Fsq 298 



Thyme-covered Graves. Photographed by Mary F. C. Pascliall 30 1 



" White Umbrellas of Elder" 305 



Lower Garden at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York 



facing 308 



" Black-heart Amorous Poppies'" 310 



Valerian. Photographed by E. C.Nichols . . . -314 

 Old War Office in Garden at Salem, New Jersey . . . 319 

 Crown Imperial. Page from Gerarde's Herball . facing 324 



The Children's Garden ...... facing 330 



Foxgloves in a Narragansett Garden ..... 333 



Hollyhocks in Garden of Kimball Homestead, Portsmouth, New 



Hampshire facing 334 



Autumn View of an Old Worcester Garden . . facing 338 



Hollyhocks at Tudor Place, Georgetown, District of Columbia. 



Home of Mrs. Beverly Kennon 339 



An Old Worcester Garden. Home of Edwin A. P"awcett. Esq. 



facing 340 



Caraway 342 



Sun-dial of Jonathan Fairbanks, Esq., Dedham, Massachu- 

 setts 344 



Bronze Sun-dial on Dutch Reformed Church, West End 



Avenue, New York 346 



Sun-dial mounted on Boulder, Swift-water, Pennsylvania . 347 



Buckthorn Arch in Garden of Mrs. Edward B. Peirson, 



Salem, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel /•'. 



Davis ........ fat ing 348 



Sun-dial at Emery Place, Brightwood, District of Columbia. 



Photographed by William Van Zandt Cox . . . 349 



