The Prim Precision of Leaf and Flower of Lupine. Photographed by Henry Troth [276]

The Garden's Friend. Photographed by Clifton Johnson [281]

Edging[Pg xv] of Striped Lilies in a Salem Garden. Photographed by Herschel F. Davis [283]

Garden Seat at Avonwood Court. Photographed by J. Horace McFarland [facing 286]

Terraced Garden of the Misses Nichols, Salem, Massachusetts [288]

"A Running Ribbon of Perfumed Snow which the Sun is melting rapidly." At Marchant Farm, Kingston, Rhode Island. Photographed by Sarah F. Marchant [292]

Fountain Garden at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York [facing 294]

Hawthorn Arch at Holly House, Peace Dale, Rhode Island. Home of Rowland G. Hazard, Esq. [298]

Thyme-covered Graves. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall [301]

"White Umbrellas of Elder" [305]