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Dahlia Walk at Ravensworth , County Fairfax, Virginia. 
Home of Mrs. W. R. Fitzhugh Lee. Photographed by 
Elizabeth W. Trescot . . . . . . . .177 
Petunias . . . . . . . • • • .180 
Virgin's Bower , in Garden of Miss Prances Clary Morse , 
Worcester , Massachusetts . . . . . . *184 
Matrimony Vine at Van Cortlandt Manor. Photographed by 
J. Horace McFarland . . . . . . .186 
White Chinese Wistaria , in Garden of Mortimer Howell , Esq., 
West Hampton Beach, Long Island . . . . .188 
Spircea Van Houtteii. Photographed by J. Horace McFar- 
land ......... facing 190 
Old Apple Tree at Whitehall. Home of Bishop Berkeley, 
near Newport, Rhode Island . . . . . *194 
“ The valley stretching below 
Is white with blossoming Apple trees , 
As if touched with lightest snow A 
Photographed by T. E. M. and G. E. White . . .19 7 
Old Hand-power Cider Mill. Photographed by Mary F. C. 
Paschall . . . . . . . . . .198 
Pressing out the Cider in Old Hand Mill . . . . .200 
Old Cider Mill with Horse Power. Photographed by T. E. M. 
and G. F. White .. . . . . . . . 203 
Straining off the Cider into Barrels ...... 204 
Drying Apples. Photographed by T. E. M. and G. F. White 
facing 208 
Ancient Apple Picker, Apple Racks, Apple Parers, Apple 
Butter Kettle , Apple Butter Paddle, Apple Butter Stirrer, 
Apple Butter Crocks. Photographed by Mary F C. 
Paschall . . . . . . . . . .211 
Making Apple Butter. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 
facing 214 
Shakespeare Border in Garden at Hillside, Men and' s, near 
Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey . 216 
Long Border at Hillside, Menand's, near A Ibany, New York. 
Photographed by Gustave Lorey . . . facing 218 
The Beauty of Whiter Lilacs. In Garden of Mrs. Abraham 
Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Pirie Mac- 
Donald . . . . . . . ' . . . 220 
Garden of Mrs. Frank Robinson, Wakefield, Rhode Island . 222 
