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THE TREATMENT OF THE NATURAL WOOD-LAWN 

 AND THE BROOK, BY THE OWNER, ON THE 

 ESTATE OF JOHN STAPLES, ESQ., NEWBURGH, 

 N. Y. . . . . . Frontispiece 



A JAPANESE GARDEN 10 



From a Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. (Repro- 

 duced by Permission.) 



MOUNT VERNON, THE HOME OF GEORGE WASHING- 

 TON 58 



Reproduced by Permission of Doubleday, Page & Co. 

 From a Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge. 



BOSCA, OR GROVE, ON A PLACE NEAR ELMSFORD, N. Y. 58 



Photograph by William J. Wilson. 



THE LAWN IN FRONT OF THE CASTLE, IN THE PARK OF 

 MUSKAU, AS ORIGINALLY LAID OUT ... 60 



Taken from an Old Print. 



THE SAME LAWN IN FRONT OF THE CASTLE, IN THE 

 PARK OF MUSKAU AS REDESIGNED BY PRINCE 

 PUCKLER ....... 60 



Redrawn from an Old Print. 



A VIEW OF THE RESIDENCE AND THE DRIVE AT 

 SKYLANDS A COUNTRY ESTATE IN NEW JERSEY . 70 



From a Photograph by William J. Wilson. 



