xii ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACINQ 

 PAGB 



"Tree surgery . . . This tree was the 'sickest* . . . now 



growing most vigorously and happily." (VIII) .... 53 



"April is a daffodil month . . . The driveway crescent border 



glows now in Emperor." (IX) 60 



"In a warm April rain . . . under the Norway maple at the 

 west end." (XI) 68 



"The loveliness of the horse-chestnut's foot-long panicle." (XII) 72 



"The apple blooms . . . the spraying game." (i) Not open; too 

 soon, (ii) Wide open, not fertilized; too soon, (iii) Calyx 

 open and relaxed; just right for spraying, (iv) Calyx yet open; 

 still right. (XIII) .77 



"The axis walk a wonder of bloom and foliage . . . always a 

 picture vista." (XIV) 81 



"A gracious wealth of bloom on . . . this same blackberry row." 



(XV) 84 



Leuchstem rose: . . , "its bloom has been copious, exquisite, 



enduring." (XVI) 89 



The rose hedge in June: Lady Gay on left. Climbing American 



Beauty on right. (XVII) 93 



Iris: "The unique and delightful Japanese sort." (XIX) . . 100 



"The Japanese honeysuckle . . . has flung its branches and 



tendrils over a tree-stump." (XX) 104 



"A garden of vegetables is a beautiful thing, if it is a good garden." 



(XXI) 109 



"Considerthehollyhock;howit grows!" (XXII) . . . . 113 



"At the beginning of the month the great rhododendron is in full 



bloom." (XXIII) 117 



"My dwarf fruit trees have grown more than generously." (XXIV) 124 



"The China asters . . . especially the King sorts that reign 



over the border along the axis walk." (XXV) .... 128 



The formal garden in August. (XXVI) 132 



