ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Bird Feeder of Chinese Ware 153 



An Antique Bird Basin at "Lyndanwalt" 153 



Front View of Dilapidated Building at "Lyndanwalt" before 



Remodelling 162 



The Garden Studio into Which the Above Was Transformed 162 



Back View of the Ancient Structure before Remodelling 164 



Back View of the Well-lighted Garden Studio 164 



A Japanese Garden of True Oriental Design on the Burk Estate 



at Olney, Pennsylvania 168 



A Wooden Lantern in an Appropriate Setting of Japanese Maples 



on the Pilling Estate at Lansdowne, Pennsylvania 171 



Water-worn Rocks and Dwarf Trees Covering a Miniature Island 175 



An Exquisite Japanese Lantern in a Secluded Spot 175 



Attractive, Modest Homes along the Canals of Suburban Paris . . 180 

 One of the Narrow and Crooked French Streets with Blooming 



Plants Overhanging the Wall 180 



A Water Basin in the Wall on the Woodward Estate at Chestnut 



Hill, Pennsylvania, Resembling Those of France 183 



A Rustic Bridge Placed where the Drive Crosses a Woodland 



Stream at "Thorn Hedge" 191 



An Ox-team as a Distinctive Feature of the Garden Grove 193 



An Old Spring House Converted into a Woods Tea Room by 



Extending Roof and Porch 193 



A Typical Old-time Spring House Dating from Revolutionary Days 198 

 Interior of the Ryers Spring House, Brick Floor, Concrete Walls, 



and Cooling Channel 198 



An Inexpensive Spring House of Local Field Stone and Home-made 



Construction 202 



The Historic Andalusia Spring House Walled on but One Side 202 



A Picturesque Fall over a Broad, Low Dam of Logs and Puddled 



Clay 206 



A Dam of Logs and Rocks in the Blue Ridge Mountains 208 



A Water-fall with Much Stone-work Adding to its Vigorous Beauty 208 



A Broad, Rugged Dam and Attractive Spillway for the Lake 211 



A Steep Grade with Stone Steps Forming a Water-fall in the Spring- 

 fed Stream at the Intake of a Lake, Merion, Pennsylvania 213 



A Flat Bridge on a High Stone Foundation. Picturesque Treat- 

 ment at "Compton," the Morris Estate 216 



An Appropriate Bridge Leading to the Old Mill at Ogontz 216 



A Steeply Arched Bridge over a Narrow Stream Subject to Sudden 



Freshets 220 



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