LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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"Rhododendrons from the Himalayas" Frontispiece 



Wistaria on an Old Colonial House 4 



The Entrance to an Italian Garden 9 



Foxglove and Roses and Canterbury-Bells 14 



"Along the Paths Walked the Great-Grandmother" .... 20 



Climbing-Roses Over a Porch 25 



Square Terraces Step Downward from the House 29 



"Herself as Lovely as Any Flower that Grew" 33 



A Charleston Garden 38 



Nelly Custis in the Mount Vernon Garden 44 



The Old Watchman on His Rounds Again 49 



The Long, Straight Rows of Flowers 53 



"How Well a Child Becomes the Garden" 62 



A Pathway Bordered with Box 66 



A Garden Wall 70 



" Let Them Live Close to Its Flowers " 73 



A Place to Dream and Linger in 77 



" Before the Time of Formal Gardens " 84 



A Visit on the Lawn in the Olden Time 94 



Through Green Arbors 99 



" Gossip is Not Necessarily Unkind " 106 



A Garden Path 114 



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