ILLUSTRATIONS 



"A vista . . . which expresses the ideals 



and magnificence of the Cavalier" . . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



"A characteristic riot of flowers and fruits jealously se- 

 cluded behind house and walls is this old Spanish- 

 American garden" i6 



Plan of the Governor's house and grounds, St. Augus- 

 tine, from Stork's map of 1763 24 



A square of St. Augustine, from Stork's map . . 28 

 "Arbors invite to loitering always in old gardens" . 38 



"Even in this glade . . . the vine preserves per- 

 petual unity between poetry and utility ... 48 



Somerndick's bouwerie, from Holland's plan ... 74 



Nicholas Bayard's bouwerie, from Holland's plan . 78 



Plan of a Nantucket garden, about 1800 .... 94 



Plan of another Nantucket garden, with fruits in the 



large box-bordered beds 98 



A path in the Nantucket garden shown in plan facing 



page 98 104 



Belmont Hall, an old Maryland garden . . . .it? 



A garden entrance of curious but restrained rustic con- 

 struction 116 



