ILLUSTRATIONS. xv 



PACE. 



Ichneumon-fly Depositing an Egg within Cocoon . . . 321 



Ants Milking Plant-lice 325 



American Tent-caterpillar 326 



Baltimore Oriole Attacking the Nest of the American 



Tent-caterpillar 327 



Forest Tent-cocoons in Apple Leaves 328 



Forest Tent-caterpillars Feeding Upon Elm Leaves . . 329 



Codling-moth 330 



Round-headed Apple-borer 333 



Sapcrda Candida, Fab 334 



Brown Rot 337 



Black Rot 338 



Grapes from Vineyard Affected with Black Rot .... 339 



An Apple Attacked by Bitter-rot Fungus 340 



Apple Scab 341 



Agricultural Class, State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo. 348 



A Country School-yard Bare and Unattractive .... 350 



The Same School-yard Improved by Plantings of Shrubbery 350 



Fifth Grade Children Planting Their Garden 354 



Fourth Grade Children Caring for the Lawn Around the 



School Garden 355 



School Gardening Agricultural Students 358 



Roman Hyacinths 360 



Chinese Sacred Lily 361 



Geometrical Designs 365 



Natural Style 369 



Trees Showing Kinds of Texture 371 



American Elm 374 



Ash 374 



A Cool and Inviting Retreat 376 



Ferns and Phlox 377 



Mass of Shrubbery 378 



Dogwood in Flower 38; 



Pansies 383 



Shall the Children Pluck Flowers or Rattle Tin Cans in 



the Back Yard? 384 



Back-yard Screen 385 



A Bouquet of Sweet Peas 386 



A Small Lake, with Well-selected Plantings 388 



"Artist Montrose" 405 



Hackney Stallion "Sir Humphrey" 408 



