List of Illustrations xiii 



Dahlia Walk at Ravensworth, County Fairfax, Virginia. 

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

 Elizabeth W. Trescot 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 How ell, Esq., 



West Hampton Beach, Long Island 188 



Spircea Van Houtteii. Photographed by J. Horace McFar- 

 land facing 190 



Old Apple Tree at Whitehall. Home of Bishop Berkeley, 



near Newport, Rhode Island . . . . . .194 



"The valley stretching below 

 Is white with blossoming Apple trees, 

 As if touched with lightest snow" 



Photographed by T. E. M. and G. F. White . . .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. White 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 Garden at Hillside, Menand^s, near 



Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey . 216 



Long Border at Hillside, Menand^s, near Albany, New York. 



Photographed by Gust ave Lorey . . . facing 218 



The Beauty of Winter Lilacs. In Garden of Mrs. Abraham 

 Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Pirie Mac- 

 Donald .......... 220 



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



