CONTENTS 



PART 



I. 



The Art of Gardening . . 



PAGE 



1 



11. 



Aims and Methods . . . 



. 25 



III. 



The Home-Grounds . . . 



• 51 



IV. 



Close to the House . . . 



. 65 



V. 



Roads and Paths .... 



• 91 



VI. 



Piazzas 



. 121 



VII. 



Formal FIower-Beds . . . 



. 157 



VIII. 



Formal Gardening . . . 



. 155 



IX. 



A Word for Architecture . 



. 189 



X. 



Out-Door Monuments . . 



. 203 



XI. 



Cemeteries 



. 229 



XII. 



The Beauty of Trees . . 



. 241 



XIII. 



Four Trees . . . . . . 



. 271 



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