In Virginia, mountains cover a part of the State, and the temperature necessarily varies according to locality. The climate, at least of Albemarle County, brings out the Crocuses in February or early March; winter Jessamine in early February, sometimes January; Daffodils in mid-March; Lily-of-the-Valley and Cottage Tulip early in April; German Iris in mid-April. Roses and Sweet William appear in early May; Delphinium in late May; Hollyhocks in early June; Phlox, July 1. And thus before midsummer's heat many of the best hardy perennials have come and gone. While summer bloom in the highlands is not necessarily destroyed by hot weather, unless unusual drought occurs, yet the autumn garden is apt to be a more refreshing sight with its fresh crop of Roses, the late Chrysanthemum, Cosmos, and indefatigable Zinnia. Of course to the south, and where altitude is lacking, the somewhat higher temperature will more or less alter these garden dates. FOOTNOTES: [4] "Country Homes of Famous Americans." [Illustration: PLATE 104 Ancient boxwood Montpelier, Va. Mrs. William du Pont _Reproduced by permission of Doubleday, Page & Co. From "Country Homes of Famous Americans"--Oliver B. Capen_] [Illustration: PLATE 105 Montpelier, Va. Mrs. William du Pont _Reproduced by permission of Doubleday, Page & Co. From "Country Homes of Famous Americans"--Oliver B. Capen_] [Illustration: PLATE 106 Montpelier, Va. Mrs. William du Pont] [Illustration: PLATE 107 Montpelier, Va. Mrs. William du Pont] [Illustration: PLATE 108 "Rose Hill"] [Illustration: PLATE 109 "Rose Hill," Greenwood, Va. Mrs. W. R. Massie] [Illustration: PLATE 110 "Meadowbrook Manor," Drewry's Bluff, Va. Mrs. Thomas F. Jeffress] [Illustration: PLATE 111 Richmond, Va. Garden of Mann S. Valentine, Esq. _From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] IX SOUTH CAROLINA There are few new gardens in South Carolina, but an untold number of old ones deserving to be revived. Around Charleston, especially, old-time mansions, quaint walls, and gateways abound that are an inspiration to lovers of graceful antiquities. To restore an abandoned garden must be indeed a joy to one with enough imagination to recreate flower places fitted to the surroundings.