ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE SITE OF THE GARDEN frontispiece 



DIAGRAM OF THE GARDEN OF OBLIQUE SHADOWS i 



THE WELL CURB 8 



A DRY BED IN EARLY MAY 8 



THE DRY BED IN JULY 10 



A LILAC BUSH 10 



THE OLD STONE WALL AND THE APPLE TREE * 14 



A CORNER OF THE STONE HEAP 18 



THE DEEPER You DIG, THE MORE ROCKS You GET OUT . . . 18 



FRAME EDGINGS 20 



THE ARBOR SEAT 20 



MY EARLY HOLLYHOCKS 24 



AN UNEXPECTED NOOK 24 



THE PRODUCT OF FEMININE LABOR 29 



A CHOICE OF WAYS 30 



A GARDEN LINE MAKING FOR A SLOPE 30 



A DOUBLE TERRACE 32 



A BLUE AND WHITE CORNER * 34 



A CLOUD OF INFANT'S BREATH GIVES GRACE TO THE GARDEN . . 36 



A WAVE OF GARDEN HELIOTROPE 36 



THE GARDEN COVORED WITH SNOW PRESENTS A SMOOTH, SLOPING, 



UNBROKEN SURFACE 42 



SNOW LIES LATE UPON THE BEDS IN SPRING 42 



A CORNERSTONE OF HAPPINESS 44 



A BIG STONE AND A LITTLE PATH 44 



CLEMATIS TRAINED UP AS AN ENTRANCE GATE ........... 46 



WHITE Physostegia Virginiana 46 



A TANGLE OF MEADOW-RUE, WILD CLEMATIS AND HOP VINE ... 48 



"THAT AWNING" 48 



CHEESE CLOTH PROTECTION FOR ANNUALS 5 2 



THE SAME ANNUAL BED IN AUGUST 5 2 



THE NEW NURSERY BED SHELTERED BY A WALL AND TALL PEREN- 

 NIALS PLANTED ABOVE IT 5^ 



* Illustrations marked by an asterisk are from photographs by William 

 Homes; all others are from photographs by the author. 



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