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The American Flower Garden 



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THAT IT MAY GIVE THE MOST PLEASURE TO BUSY PEOPLE, THE 

 GARDEN SHOULD BE CONVENIENTLY NEAR THE HOME 

 (Russell Doubleday) ... " 



PRIVACY, SHADES AND A DISTANT PROSPECT WITHIN A RING OF 



FLOWERS (J. Horace McFarland Company) . .. 18 



"SOME FLOTSAM AND JETSAM OF BLOOM, LIKE THE SAND-LOVING 



PORTULACA AND SEA PlNKS, EXTEND ALMOST TO THE WAVES " IQ 



A GARDEN OVERLOOKED FROM AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (E. E. Soder- 



holtz) ...... .22 



A HARDY GARDEN BORDERING A LAWN (J. Horace McFarland 



Company) . . . > 23 



FOR A HOME OCCUPIED IN SUMMER ONLY (Nathan R. Graves) . 26 

 RESTORED GARDEN IN THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII, POMPEII . 27 



LANDING PLACE FOR PLEASURE BOATS ON THE LAKE IN A RENAIS- 

 SANCE GARDEN, ROME . . 34 



THE POOL, FALCONIERI, REFLECTING CYPRESSES FIVE CENTURIES 



OLD ... . 35 



A GARDEN ARRANGED WITH FLOWER-FILLED PARTERRES, AFTER 



THE ITALIAN METHOD (Henry Troth) .... *i 36 



ONE OF THE BEST MODERN AMERICAN FORMAL GARDENS (J. Hor- 

 ace McFarland Company) ....... 37 



A CHARMING SMALL GARDEN INEXPENSIVE TO PLANT AND TO 



MAINTAIN (Henry Troth) 42 



THE GARDEN, MOUNT VERNON, SHOWING FRENCH INFLUENCE, 



PROBABLY LE NOTRE'S (Leet Brothers) 43 



BOXWOOD HEDGES OVER A CENTURY OLD (Henry Troth) . . 48 

 A TANGLE OF BEAUTY AND LUXURIANCE (Henry Troth) . . 49 

 AN UNPRETENTIOUS, HOME-LIKE LITTLE GARDEN (Henry Troth) 52 



