ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 A Corner of the Terrace Frontispiece 



The Outside as It Happened 7 



The Fireplace 11 



The Hallway 15 



Trees and Lawn 24 



A Burglar-Proof Safe 36 



The Garden Beds 98 



The Professor's Card 105 



The Terrace Wall 126 



Digitalis, the Blossom 138 



A Clump of Foxglove 139 



Lupines and Oriental Poppies . 168 



Callirhoe Involucrata 177 



The Bride Poppy 192 



The Larkspur 215 



The Forest Primeval 240 



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