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Sage. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall . . . .126 

 Tansy. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall . . .129 

 Garden of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, Albany, New York. Pho- 

 tographed by Gustave Lorey .... facing 130 

 Ladies' 1 Delights. Photographed by Eva E. Newell . . .133 

 Garden House and Long Walk in Garden of Hon. William 



H. Seward, Auburn, New York . . . facing 134 

 Sun-dial in Garden of Hon. William H. Seward, Auburn, 



New York 136 



Lilacs in Midsummer. In Garden of Mrs. Abraham Lan- 

 sing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave 



Lorey . facing 138 



Lilacs at Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Home 



of Longfellow. Photographed by Arthur N. Wilmarth . 141 

 Box-edged Garden at Home of Longfellow, Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts. Photographed by Arthur N. Wilmarth . .142 

 Joepye-weed and Queen Anne's Laces. Photographed by Mary 



F. C. Paschall . . 145 



Boneset. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall . . . 1 46 

 Magnolias in Garden of William Brown, Esq., Flatbush, Long 



Island facing 148 



Lilacs at Hopewell . . . 149 



Persian Lilacs and Peonies in Garden of Kimball Homestead, 



Portsmouth, New Hampshire 151 



Opyn-tide, the Thought of Spring. Garden of Mrs. Abraham 

 Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Pirie 



MacDonald facing 154 



A Thought of Winters Snows. Garden of Frederick J. Kings- 

 bury, Esq., Waterbury, Connecticut 157 



Larkspur and Phlox. Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, 



Worcester, Massachusetts 162 



Sweet William and Foxglove . . . . . . .163 



Plume Poppy 164 



Meadow Rue 167 



Money -in-both-Pockets 171 



Box Walk in Garden of Frederick J. Kingsbury, Esq., Water- 

 bury, Connecticut 173 



Lunaria in Garden of Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, Fair- 

 field, ConnecticJit. Photographed by Mabel Osgood Wright 



facing 174 



