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Entrance Porch and Gate to the Rose Garden at Vaddo, Sara- 

 toga, New York. Country-seat of Spencer Trask, Esq. 

 Photographed by Gustave Lorey ..... 82 



Pergola and Terrace Walk in Rose Garden at Yaddo, Sara- 

 toga, New York. Country-seat of Spencer Trask, Esq. 

 Photographed by Gustave Lorey 83 



Statue of Christalan in Rose Garden at Yaddo, Saratoga, New 

 York. Country-seat of Spencer Trask, Esq. Photo- 

 graphed by Gustave Lorey 84 



Sun-dial in Rose Garden at Yaddo, Saratoga, New York. 

 Country-seal of Spencer Trask, Esq. Photographed by 

 Gustave Lorey ......... 86 



Bronze Dial-face in Rose Garden at Yaddo, Saratoga, New 

 York. Country-seat of Spencer Trask, Esq. Photo- 

 graphed by Gustave Lorey 87 



Ancient Pine in Garden at Yaddo, Saratoga. A r ew York. 

 Country-seat of Spencer Trask, Esq. Photographed by 

 Gustave Lorey ......... 89 



House and Garden at Napanock, County Ulster, New York. 



Photographed by Edward Lamson Henry, N. A. . facing 92 



Box Parterre at Hampton, County Baltimore, Maryland. 

 Home of Mrs. John Ridgely. Photographed by Elizabeth 

 IV. Trescol 95 



Sun-dial in Box- at Broughton Castle, Banbury, England. 



Garden of Lady Lennox . 98 



Sun-dial in Box at Ascott, near Leighton Buzzard, England. 



Country-seat of Mr. Leopold Rothschild . . facing 100 



Garden at Tudor Place, Georgetown, District of Columbia. 

 Home of Mrs. Beverly Kennon. Photographed by Eliza- 

 beth W. Trescot 103 



Anchor-shaped Flower Beds, Kingston, Rhode Island. Photo- 

 graphed by Sarah P. Mar chant . . . . .104 



Ancient Box at Tuckahoe, Virginia 105 



Herb Garden at White Birches, Elmhurst, Illinois . . .108 



Garden at White Birches, Elmhurst. Illinois . . . .111 



Garden of Manning Homestead, Salem, Massachusetts facing 1 \z 



Under the Garret Eaves of Ward Homestead, Shrewsbury, 



Massachusetts 116 



A Gatherer of Simples. Photographed by Mary E. C. 



Paschall facing 120 



