List of Illustrations xiii 



Dahlia Walk at Ravensworth, County Fairfax, Virginia. 

 Home of Mrs. W. R. Fitzhugh Lee. Photographed by 

 Elizabeth W. 1 'res cot 177 



Petunias 180 



Virgin's Bower, in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, 



Worcester, Massachusetts 184 



Matrimony Vine at Van Cortlandt Manor. Photographed by 



J. Horace McFarland 1 86 



White Chinese Wistaria, in Garden of Mortimer Howell, Esq., 



West Hampton Beach, Long Island 188 



Spiraa Van Houtteii. Photographed by f. Horace McFar- 

 land facing 190 



Old Apple Tree at Whitehall. Home of Bishop Berkeley, 



near Newport, Rhode Island . . • • • . 1 94 



'■'The valley stretching below 

 Is white with blossoming Apple trees, 

 As if touched with lightest snow." 



Photographed by T. E. M. and G. F. J I 'hite . . .197 



Old Hand-power Cider Mill. Photographed by Mary F. C. 



Paschall 198 



Pressing out the Cider in Old Hand Mill 200 



Old Cider Mill with Horse Power. Photographed by T. E. M. 



and G. F. U 'hite 203 



Straining off the Cider into Barrels 204 



Drying Apples. Photographed by T. E. M. and G. F. White 



facing 208 



Ancient Apple Picker, Apple Racks, Apple Parers, Apple 

 Butter Kettle. Apple Butter Paddle, Apple Butter Stirrer, 

 Apple Butter Crocks. Photographed by Mary F. C. 

 Paschall 211 



Making Apple Butter. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 



facing 214 



Shakespeare Border in Garde// at Hillside, Me//a//d's, near 



Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey . 216 



Long Border at Hillside. Mci/and's, near Albany, New York. 



Photographed by G/t stave Lorey . . . facing 218 

 The Beauty of Winter Lilacs. In Garde// of Mrs. Abraham 

 Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Pir/e Mac- 

 Donald 220 



Garden of Mrs. Frank Robinson, Wakefield, Rhode Island . 222 



