Illustrations xiii 



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HORNBEAM TREES FORMING A PLEACHED ARBOUR . . . 142 



A TREE PEONY WHICH BLOOMS EARLIER THAN ITS HERBACEOUS 



RELATIVES (J. Horace McFarland) 143 



LONGFELLOW'S HOME FRAMED BY WELL-BALANCED PLANTING 



(W. H. Halliday) 146 



THE FRAGRANT NATIVE MAGNOLIA OF THE SWAMPS AND WET, 



OPEN WOODS (Henry Troth) 147 



"SURE, YE CAN'T SEE THE TREE FUR THE FLOWERS ON IT" 



(T. E. Marr) 166 



WHAT SHOULD WE Do WITHOUT SHRUBS ? (T. E. Marr) . . 167 

 A FRINGE OF GRACEFUL DEUTZIAS (Gracilis) . . . .176 

 THE BRIDAL WREATH (C. J. Crandall & Company) . . . 177 



THE RHODODENDRON Is OUR BEST EVERGREEN SHRUB (J. Hor- 

 ace McFarland) 204 



A HAPPY COLONY OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE (Helleborus niger) 



(Nathan R. Graves) 205 



LUPINES ARE FLOWERS OF THE SWEET-PEA TYPE ARRANGED IN 

 VERY TALL, VERTICAL CLUSTERS (J. Horace McFarland 

 Company) ......... i 210 



WHITE PHLOX, SHELL PINK SINGLE HOLLYHOCKS AND BEE LARK- 

 SPUR (Herbert Angell) 211 



BOLTONIA ONE OF THE BEST OF THE ASTER-LIKE PLANTS 



(J. Horace McFarland Company) ...... 22O 



A PERENNIAL BORDER (Henry Troth) 221 



HOLLYHOCKS ARE ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE IN THE FORMAL GARDEN 



(J. Horace McFarland) 236 



ASTER BORDER AROUND AN OAK (J. Horace McFarland) . . 237 



