Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive. [Illustration: Book Cover] BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA BOOKS BY LOUISE SHELTON PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS * * * * * BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA. Illustrated. 4to _net_ $5.00 CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA. Illustrated. 4to _net_ $2.00 THE SEASONS IN A FLOWER GARDEN. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.00 [Illustration: PLATE I "Mariemont," Newport, R. I. Mrs. Thomas J. Emory _After an autochrome photograph by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA BY LOUISE SHELTON [Illustration] SECOND EDITION NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1916 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS DEDICATED TO THE PRAISE OF THOSE AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN, OF WHATSOEVER PERIOD, WHO HAVE PLANTED SO BEAUTIFULLY 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