LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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I AN UNPRETENTIOUS GARDEN 2 



II A SEASIDE GARDEN 6 



TTT AN ATTRACTIVE SLOPING LAWN 10 



IV AN ENCLOSED LAWN 14 



V A TRYING PLACE FOR FLOWERS 18 



VI VETERAN TREES ABOUT THE HOUSE ... 20 



VII WHITE WILLOWS, SALEM, MASS 24 



VIII OAKS NEAR THE WATER 28 



IX MAGNOLIA STELLATA 32 



X WELL-GROWN SPRUCES, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. . 36 



XI SPRUCES THAT PLANT OUT A BUILDING . . 40 



XII PINES NEAR THE WATER, COHASSET, MASS. . 44 



XIII CLIPPED EVERGREENS IN A FORMAL GARDEN . 46 



XTV ICE PICTURES 50 



XV THE OUTER BORDER OF A FORMAL GARDEN 



(color) 54 



XVI RHODODENDRONS IN AN OLD GARDEN ... 58 



XVII RHODODENDRONS AND NARCISSUS POETICUS . 62 



XVIII THE WAT TO THE BATH HOUSE, OAK BLUFFS, 



MASS 66 



XIX SPHLEA VAN HOUTTEI 70 



XX HYDRANGEAS AT BABYLON, L. 1 74 



XXI GRAPE VTNE SCREEN AND PRIVET HEDGE . . 78 



XXII BUCKTHORN HEDGE 82 



XXIII THE OUTER AND THE INNER HEDGE ... 86 



XXIV TULIPS BEFORE A HEMLOCK SPRUCE HEDGE 88 



XXV A BOX-EDGED PATH 92 



XXVI WISTARIA IN AN OLD SALEM GARDEN (color) 96 



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