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STRATHFIELD SAVE, THE ESTATE OF THE DUKE OF 

 WELLINGTON, ENGLAND . . . .72 



From a Photograph by Brown Bros. (Reproduced by Per- 

 mission.) 



A COUNTRY HOME NEAR ELMSFORD, N. Y. . . 74 



From a Photograph by William J. Wilson. 



A DISTANT VISTA IN THE PARK OF PRINCE PUCKLER 

 VON MUSKAU, SILESIA, GERMANY ... 80 



From a Photograph by Thomas W. Sears, Providence, R. I. 



THE GATES OF THE HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON 

 RIVER FROM WEST POINT, N. Y. ... 90 



From a Photograph by William Hale Kirk. 



GOETHE'S COTTAGE AT WEIMAR .... 98 



Redrawn from an Old Print. 



A HONEYSUCKLE HEDGE GROWING ON WIRE MESH 

 AND IRON POSTS 98 



A GARDENER'S COTTAGE AT SKYLANDS . . . 102 



From a Photograph by William J. Wilson. 



WINDSOR CASTLE, ENGLAND . . . . . 102 



From an Old Print. 



THE OPEN LAWN NEAR THE OBELISK AND THE EAST 

 DRIVE, NEAR THE ART MUSEUM, CENTRAL PARK, 

 NEW YORK CITY 120 



From a Photograph by William Hale Kirk. 



A DIAGRAM SHOWING THE PLANTING SCHEME FOR 

 TREES AND SHRUBS . . . . . .134 



From Puckler's Atlas, 1834. 



A DIAGRAM SHOWING DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT OF 

 PATHS . . . . . . . . 134 



From Puckler's Atlas, 1834. 



