THAT THEIR GARDENS ARE AN INSPIRATION

TO OTHERS IN ALL GENERATIONS

IN GREEN OLD GARDENS

Here may I live what life I please,
Married and buried out of sight,
Married to pleasure, and buried to pain,
Hidden away amongst scenes like these
Under the fans of the chestnut trees:
Living my child-life over again,
With the further hope of a fuller delight,
Blithe as the birds and wise as the bees.
In green old gardens hidden away
From sight of revel, and sound of strife,
Here have I leisure to breathe and move,
And do my work in a nobler way;
To sing my songs, and to say my say;
To dream my dreams, and to love my love,
To hold my faith and to live my life,
Making the most of its shadowy day.
—Violet Fane.

CONTENTS

[Foreword]
I.[The Garden and Its Meaning]
II.[Climate in America]
III.[New England]
[Maine]
[New Hampshire and Vermont]
[Massachusetts]
[Rhode Island]
[Connecticut]
IV.[New York]
[Long Island, New York]
V.[New Jersey]
VI.[Pennsylvania]
VII.[Maryland]
VIII.[Virginia]
IX.[South Carolina]
X.[Georgia and Florida]
XI.[Tennessee and Missouri]
XII.[Illinois and Indiana]
XIII.[Ohio]
XIV.[Michigan and Wisconsin]
XV.[New Mexico]
XVI.[California]
XVII.[Oregon and Washington]
XVIII.[Alaska]
XIX.[Vancouver Island]
[A Few Garden Gates]

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