of Bishop Berkeley, near Newport, Rhode Island 194

"The valley stretching below
Is white with blossoming Apple trees,
As if touched with lightest snow."
Photographed by T. E. M. and G. F. White 197

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, Menand's, near Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey 216

Long Border at Hillside, Menand's, near Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey facing 218

The Beauty of Winter Lilacs. In Garden of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Pirie MacDonald 220

Garden of Mrs. Frank Robinson, Wakefield, Rhode Island 222

The[Pg xiv] Parson's Walk 225

Garden of Mary Washington 228

Box and Phlox. Garden of Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York 230

Within the Weeping Beech. Photographed by E. C. Nichols facing 232

Spring Snowflake, Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis 234

Star of Bethlehem, in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis 237

"The Pearl" Achillæa 238

Pyrethrum. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 242

Terraced Garden of the Misses Nichols, Salem, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis 246

Arbor in a Salem Garden 250

Scilla in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, Massachusetts 254

Sweet Alyssum Edging of White Border at Indian Hill, Newburyport, Massachusetts 256

Bachelor's Buttons in a Salem Garden. Home of Mrs. Edward B. Peirson 258

A "Sweet Garden-side" in Salem, Massachusetts, Home of John Robinson, Esq. facing 260

Salpiglossis in Garden at Indian Hill, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis 261

The Old Campanula, Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, Massachusetts