prm">Spring House at Johnson Homestead, Germantown, Pennsylvania. Photographed by Henry Troth facing 396

Dovecote at Shirley-on-James, Virginia. From Some Colonial Mansions and Those who lived in Them. Published by Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia 397

The Peacock in his Pride 398

The Guardian of the Garden 400

Brick Terrace Wall at Van Cortlandt Manor. Photographed by J. Horace McFarland facing 402

Rail Fence Corner 403

Topiary Work at Levens Hall 404

Oval Pergola at Arlington, Virginia. Photographed by Elizabeth W. Trescot facing 406

French Homestead, Kingston, Rhode Island, with Old Stone Terrace Wall. Photographed by Sarah F. Marchant 407

Italian Garden at Wellesley, Massachusetts. Country-seat of Hollis H. Hunnewell, Esq. facing 408

Marble Steps in Italian Garden at Wellesley, Massachusetts 410

Topiary Work in California 412

Serpentine Brick Wall at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Photographed by Elizabeth W. Trescot 413

Chestnut Path in Garden at Indian Hill, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis facing 418

Foxgloves in Lower Garden at Indian Hill, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis 421

Dame's Rocket. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall 424

Snakeroot. Photographed by Mary F. C Paschall 426

Title-page of Parkinson's Paradisi in Solis, etc. facing 428

Yuccas, like White Marble against the Evergreens 430

Fraxinella in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, Massachusetts facing 432

Love-in-a-Mist. Photographed by Henry Troth 436

Spiderwort in an Old Worcester Garden. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis facing 438

Gardener's[Pg xviii] Garters at Van Cortlandt Manor. Photographed by J. Horace McFarland 440

Garden Walk at The Manse, Deerfield, Massachusetts. Photographed by Clifton Johnson facing 442

London Pride. Photographed by Eva E. Newell 445

White Fritillaria in Garden of Miss Frances Clary Morse, Worcester, Massachusetts 448

Bouncing Bet 451

Overgrown Garden at Llanerck, Pennsylvania. Photographed by Henry Troth facing 454

Fountain at Yaddo, Saratoga, New York. Country-seat of Spencer Trask, Esq. 455

Avenue of White Pines at