LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
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“ Rhododendrons from the Himalayas ”. Frontispiece 
Wistaria on an Old Colonial House.. 4 
The Entrance to an Italian Garden.. 9 
Foxglove and Roses and Canterbury-Bells.. 14 
“Along the Paths Walked the Great-Grandmother’' .... 20 
Climbing-Roses Over a Porch.25 
Square Terraces Step Downward from the House.29 
“ Herself as Lovely as Any Flower that Grew ”.33 
A Charleston Garden.38 
Nelly Custis in the Mount Vernon Garden.44 
The Old Watchman on His Rounds Again ....... 49 
The Long, Straight Rows of Flowers.53 
“ How Well a Child Becomes the Garden”.62 
A Pathway Bordered with Box.66 
A Garden Wall. 70 
“Let Them Live Close to Its Flowers”. 73 
A Place to Dream and Linger in. 77 
“Before the Time of Formal Gardens”. 84 
A Visit on the Lawn in the Olden Time.94 
Through Green Arbors.99 
“ Gossip is Not Necessarily Unkind ”.106 
A Garden Path.114 
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