vi Illustrations 



PAGB 



SHIRLEY POPPIES 58 



WILD CARROT 74 



JAPANESE CLEMATIS (Clematis paniculata) 76 



VIRGINIA CREEPER AFTER AUTUMN PRUNING 76 



A TERRACED DRIVEWAY * 78 



Dianthus plumarius 82 



GOUTWEED (JLgopodium varigata) AS A BORDER PLANT 82 



Low BORDER PLANTS HIDE THE FRAME AND STONE EDGINGS TO THE 



BEDS 84 



AZURE BLUE LARKSPUR 86 



LILAC P^ONY POPPIES 86 



PINK CANTERBURY BELLS 88 



A SEPTEMBER ROSE, MRS. JOHN LAING 88 



SYRINGA BUSH 90 



BOUNCING BET AND LILAC P/EONY POPPIES 90 



VALUE OF TREES AS A BACKGROUND IN SUMMER AND A WINDBREAK 



IN WINTER * 92 



THE LANDSCAPE TOWARD THE EAST AS SEEN FROM THE GARDEN * 94 



As SEEN FROM MY WINDOW * 96 



A HEAVY BLANKET OF SNOW FALLS EARLY AND DISAPPEARS LATE 98 



A BOUNTIFUL BED FULL OF VIGOROUS P^EONY POPPIES 98 



GOLDEN GLOW AGAINST GRAY SHINGLES no 



Hydrangea paniculata no 



MEADOW-RUE 124 



HOLLYHOCKS STRIPPED OF THEIR FOLIAGE BECAUSE OF RUST . . . 124 



A HAZY DAY IN OCTOBER 138 



THE DROPPING OF LEAVES MARKS THE PROGRESS NATURE MAKES 138 

 A CURVED WALK WITH TERRACED BEDS CUT OUT OF A SLOPE, SUG- 

 GESTED BY SHADOWS AT NIGHT 142 



PORTION OF A BED SET WITH YOUNG SHRUBS FOR AUTUMN EFFECTS 142 



LATE SEPTEMBER ANNUALS 148 



WHITE FOXGLOVES 148 



WHITE FLOWERS RECURRING LIKE A CHORUS IN A CONTINUOUS 



MELODY 154 



WILD WHITE DAISIES UNDER CULTIVATION 154 



TABLET "THE GARDEN OF OBLIQUE SHADOWS" 160 



CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUM 186 



EARLY PINK COSMOS STILL BLOOMING IN OCTOBER 186 



ARCTOTIS SOUTH AFRICAN DAISY (Arctotis grandis) ...... 200 



SWEET SCABIOUS AND DOG-FENNEL 200 



