List of Illustrations 



The end papers of this book bear a design of the flower Ambrosia. 



The vignette on the title-page is re-drawn from one in The Com pleat 

 Body of Husband?-}', Thomas Hale, 1756. It represents " Love laying out 

 the surface of the earth in a garden." 



The device of the dedication is an ancient garden-knot for flowers, from 

 A New Orchard and Garden, William Law sun, 1608. 



The chapter initials are from old wood-cut initials in the English 

 Herbals of Gerarde, Parkinson, and Cole. 



Garden of Johnson Mansion, Germantown. Photographed 



by Henry Troth ....... facing 4 



Garden at Grumblethorp, Home of Charles J. Wister, Esq., 



Germantown, Pennsylvania ...... 7 



Garden of Bart ram House, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania . . 9 

 Garden of Abigail Adams, Qnincy, Massachusetts . . .10 

 Garden at Mount Vemon-on-the-Potomac, Virginia. Home of 



George Washington ....... facing 12 



Gate and Hedge of Preston Garden, Columbia, South Carolina 1 5 

 Fountain Path in Preston Garden, Columbia, South Carolina . 1 8 

 Door in Wall of Kitchen Garden at Van Cortlandt Manor. 



Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Photographed by J. 



Horace McFarland ....... facing 20 



Garden of Van Cortlandt Ma nor. Photographed by J. Horace 



McFarland ........ facing 24 



Garden at Prince Homestead, Flushing, Long Island . . 28 

 Old Dutch Garden of Bergen Homestead, Bay Ridge. Long 



Island facing 32 



Garden at Duck Cove, Narragansett, Rhode Island . . 35 

 The Flowering Almond under the Window. Photographed by 



Eva E. Newell ......... 39 



Peters Wreath. Photographed by Eva E. Newell . . -41 



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