CONTENTS 
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Foreword . xv 
CHAPTER 
I. The Garden and Its Meaning i 
II. Climate in America 8 
III. New England 13 
Maine 14 
New Hampshire and Vermont ... 27 
Massachusetts 37 
Rhode Island 79 
Connecticut 89 
IV. New York 99 
Long Island, New York 127 
V. New Jersey 155 
VI. Pennsylvania 187 
VII. Maryland 205 
VIII. Virginia 219 
IX. South Carolina 235 
X. Georgia and Florida 247 
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