xiv List of Illustrations 



The Parson's Walk 225 



Garden of Mary Washington ....... 228 



Box and Phlox. Garden of Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, 



New York .......... 230 



Within the Weeping Beech. Photographed by E. C. Nichols 



facing 232 



Spring Snowflake, Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, 

 Worcester, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. 

 Davis .......... 234 



Star of Bethlehem, in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, 

 Worcester, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. 

 Davis .......... 237 



"The Pearl" Achillaa 238 



Pyrethrum. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall . . . 242 



Terraced Garden of the Misses Nichols, Salejn, Massachusetts. 



Photographed by Herschel F. Davis ..... 246 



Arbor in a Salem Garden . . . . . . .250 



Scilla in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, 



Massachusetts . . . . . . . . .254 



Sweet Alyssum Edging of White Border at Indian Hill, New- 

 bur y port, Massachusetts 256 



Bachelors Buttons in a Salem Garden. Home of Mrs. Ed- 

 ward B. Peirson 258 



A " Sweet Garden-side " in Salem, Massachusetts, Home of 



John Robinson, Esq. ...... facing 260 



Salpiglossis in Garden at Indian Hill, Newburyport, Massa- 

 chusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis . . .261 



The Old Campanula, Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, 



Worcester, Massachusetts . . . . . . .263 



Chinese Bellflower. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis . . 264 



Garden at Tudor Place, Georgetown, District of Columbia. 

 Home of Mrs. Beverly Kennon. Photographed by Eliza- 

 beth W. Trescot facing 266 



Light as a Loop of Larkspur, in Garden of Judge Oliver Wen- 

 dell Holmes, Beverly, Massachusetts . . . . .269 



Vipers Bugloss. Photographed by Henry Troth . . .274 



The Prim Precision of Leaf and Flower of Lupine. Photo- 

 graphed by Henry Troth 276 



The Garden's Friend. Photographed by Clifton Johnson . 281 



