THE ILLUSTRATIONS— cowfrnM^d 



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Arch and trellis are painted a soft gray green .... 130 



Sweet peas 131 



We transplant our Shirley poppies and thereby have them 



just where we want them 146 



Shirley poppies 147 



An annual hollyhock 154 



Coboea scandens 155 



A bench along Dutch lines 160 



Lady Gay roses about the sundial 161 



The public bath where members of the orchestra bathe and 



drink 170 



A buccaneer butterfly 171 



A brook breaking ice barriers in spring 180 



A bluejay 181 



The poor English sparrow does not deserve the continuous 



persecution that he suflfers under 188 



The insatiable robin 189 



The guardian of the garden 202 



Pan 203 



