class="pagenum2">[Pg xii] Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 126

Tansy. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 129

Garden of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey facing 130

Ladies' Delights. Photographed by Eva E. Newell 133

Garden House and Long Walk in Garden of Hon. William H. Seward, Auburn, New York facing 134

Sun-dial in Garden of Hon. William H. Seward, Auburn, New York 136

Lilacs in Midsummer. In Garden of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Gustave Lorey facing 138

Lilacs at Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Home of Longfellow. Photographed by Arthur N. Wilmarth 141

Box-edged Garden at Home of Longfellow, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photographed by Arthur N. Wilmarth 142

Joepye-weed and Queen Anne's Laces. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 145

Boneset. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 146

Magnolias in Garden of William Brown, Esq., Flatbush, Long Island facing 148

Lilacs at Hopewell 149

Persian Lilacs and Peonies in Garden of Kimball Homestead, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 151

Opyn-tide, the Thought of Spring. Garden of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, Albany, New York. Photographed by Pirie MacDonald facing 154

A Thought of Winter's Snows. Garden of Frederick J. Kingsbury, Esq., Waterbury, Connecticut 157

Larkspur and Phlox. Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, Massachusetts 162

Sweet William and Foxglove 163

Plume Poppy 164

Meadow Rue 167

Money-in-both-Pockets 171

Box Walk in Garden of Frederick J. Kingsbury, Esq., Waterbury, Connecticut 173

Lunaria in Garden of Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, Fairfield, Connecticut. Photographed by Mabel Osgood Wright facing 174

Dahlia[Pg xiii] 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 Frances 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

Spiræa Van Houtteii. Photographed by J. Horace McFarland facing 190

Old Apple Tree at Whitehall. Home