List of Illustrations 
The end papers of this book bear a design of the flower Ambrosia. 
The vignette on the title-page is re-drawn from one in The Complecit 
Body of Husbandry , Thomas Hale, 1756. It represents “ Love laying out 
the surface of the earth in a garden.” 
The device of the dedication is an ancient garden-knot for flowers, from 
A New Orchard and Garden , William Lawson, 1608. 
The chapter initials are from old wood-cut initials in the English 
Herbals of Gerarde, Parkinson, and Cole. 
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Garden of Johnson Mansion , Germantown. Photographed 
by Henry Troth ....... facing 4 
Garden at Grumblethorp , Home of Charles J. Wister , Esq . , 
Germantown , Pennsylvania ...... 7 
Garden of Bartram House , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . . 9 
Garden of Abigail Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts . . .10 
Garden at Mount Vernon-on-the- Potomac, Virginia. Home of 
George Washington ....... facing 12 
Gate and Hedge of Preston Garden, Columbia, South Carolina 1 5 
Fountain Path in Preston Garden, Columbia, South Carolina . 18 
Door in Wall of Kitchen Garden at Van Cortlandt Manor. 
Croton-on- Hudson, New York. Photographed by J. 
Horace McFarland ....... facing 20 
Garden of Van Cortlandt Manor . Photographed by J. Horace 
McFarland ........ facing 24 
Garden at Prince Homestead, Flushing, Long Island . . 28 
Old Dutch Garden of Bergen Homestead, Bay Ridge, Long 
Island ......... facing 32 
Garden at Duck Cove, Narragansett, Rhode Island . . 35 
The Flowering Almond under the Window. Photographed by 
Eva F. Newell ......... 39 
Peter's Wreath. Photographed by Eva E. Newell . • .41 
