A garden at the other extreme of the State, in the Adirondack Mountains, planted to begin with early Tulips, Phlox divaricata, and others of this period, will make its display about June 1. Lilies-of-the-Valley arrive soon after June 8; German Iris, Lupin, Pyrethrum, Oriental Poppy about June 15; Sweet William and Roses near July 1; Delphinium July 15; Hollyhocks July 25. Tender annuals are planted out about June 10, and a frost after that date is of rare occurrence. The first killing frost of autumn may be expected between the 15th and 20th of September. While the thermometer in summer fluctuates between sixty and eighty degrees, it often falls in winter to thirty degrees below zero. The hardy plants are well protected under the heavy snow covering which is usually the winter condition there. [Illustration: PLATE IV An outer walk The author's childhood garden _From a photograph, colored by H. Irving Marlatt_] [Illustration: PLATE 44 Auburn, N. Y. Mrs. C. D. MacDougall] [Illustration: PLATE 45 Auburn, N. Y. Mrs. C. D. MacDougall _From photographs by Emil J. Kraemer, by courtesy of Wadley & Smythe_] [Illustration: PLATE 46 Section of a wild garden at Tuxedo Park, N. Y. _From a photograph by C. P. Hotaling_] [Illustration: PLATE 47 "Woodland," Tuxedo, N. Y. Henry L. Tilford, Esq.] [Illustration: PLATE 48 A garden in three terraces "Cragswerthe," Tuxedo, N. Y. Mrs. Samuel Spencer _From photographs by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] [Illustration: PLATE 49 "Blithewood," Barrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew C. Zabriskie] [Illustration: PLATE 50 "Wodenethe," Beacon-on-Hudson, N. Y. Mrs. Winthrop Sargent _From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] [Illustration: PLATE 51 "Wodenethe," Beacon-on-Hudson, N. Y. Mrs. Winthrop Sargent _From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] [Illustration: PLATE 52 The centre section] [Illustration: PLATE 53 The outer boundary The author's childhood garden, Newburgh-on-Hudson, N. Y.] [Illustration: PLATE 54 "Echo Lawn," Newburgh-on-Hudson, N. Y. Thaddeus Beals, Esq. _From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] [Illustration: PLATE 55 The evergreen garden] [Illustration: PLATE 56 A path in the perennial garden "Meadowburn," Warwick, N. Y. Mrs. Helen Rutherfurd Ely] [Illustration: PLATE 57 "Ridgeland Farm," Bedford, N. Y. Mrs. Nelson Williams _From a photograph by F. Seabury_] LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK