CONTENTS 



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FOREWORD xv 



CHAPTER 



I. THE GARDEN AND ITS MEANING i 



II. CLIMATE IN AMERICA 8 



III. NEW ENGLAND 13 



MAINE 14 



NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT ... 27 



MASSACHUSETTS 37 



RHODE ISLAND 79 



CONNECTICUT 89 



IV. NEW YORK 99 



LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 127 



V. NEW JERSEY 155 



VI. PENNSYLVANIA 187 



VII. MARYLAND 205 



VIII. VIRGINIA 219 



IX. SOUTH CAROLINA 235 



'".X. GEORGIA AND FLORIDA 247 



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