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FACING PAGE 



A GRASSY PATH ON EITHER SIDE OF WHICH COLONIES OF WILD 



FLOWERS BLOOM (T. E. Mart) . 9 



FERNS AND WOOD ASTERS IN A SHADY PLACE (J. Horace McFar- 



land) 9 1 



A SUGGESTIVE ENTRANCE TO A ROCK GARDEN (Henry Troth) . 102 

 A CARPET OF CREEPING PHLOX (J. Horace McFarland) : . 103 



YELLOW, ORANGE, AND WHITE PERENNIAL ICELAND POPPIES (J. 



Horace McFarland) . . . . "'* V . . 106 



ROCK GARDEN BESIDE A BROOK IN EARLY SPRING (J. Horace 



McFarland) .... . . . -. 107 



"WATER IN A LANDSCAPE Is AS A MIRROR TO A ROOM THE FEA- 

 TURE THAT DOUBLES AND ENHANCES ALL ITS CHARMS" 

 (T. E. Marr) . . . . . . . v 114 



A BROOK MAY BE INDUCED BY A DAM TO OVERFLOW A BIT OF 

 LOW-LYING MEADOW AND BECOME THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR IN 

 A WATER GARDEN (Henry Troth) . .o . .. . . 115 



WHAT WATER GARDEN WAS EVER COMPLETE WITHOUT ITS 

 GOLDEN-HEARTED, PASTEL-TINTED WATER-LILIES ? (C. J. 

 Hibbard) . , 118 



FLOATING WATER-LILIES AND INDIAN LOTUSES (W. H. Hill) . 119 



WHAT WOULD ONE NOT GIVE TO POSSESS SUCH AN OAK THE 

 VERY EMBODIMENT OF STRENGTH AND NOBILITY? (John T. 

 Withers) 134 



STRONG MASS PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG AN 



ENTRANCE DRIVE (O. C. Simonds) 135 



AN AVENUE OF WHITE PINES (Partridge) 138 



GARDEN ENTRANCE THROUGH A DENSE HEDGE OF ARBORVITAE 



(Thuya Occidentalis) (T. E. Marr) 139 



