112 } "MAGNOLIA GARDEN," CHARLESTON, S. C. 113 } 114 } 115 } "PRESTON GARDEN," COLUMBIA, S. C. 116 } 117 } 118 } "GREEN COURT," AUGUSTA, GA. 119 } 120 TROPICAL GROWTH, PALM BEACH, FLA. 121 "ROSTREVOR," KNOXVILLE, TENN. 122 LONGVIEW, TENN. 123 "HAZELWOOD," KINLOCH, MO. 124 LAKE FOREST, ILL. 125 "HARDIN HALL," HUBBARD'S WOOD, ILL. 126 } "THE FARMS," MONTICELLO, ILL. 127 } 128 } THE ROCK GARDEN, "ENGLISHTON PARK," LEXINGTON, IND. 129 } 130 "GWINN," CLEVELAND, OHIO 131 } 132 } CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO 133 } 134 "SHADYSIDE," PAINESVILLE, OHIO 135 } 136 } "INDIAN HILL," MENTOR, OHIO 137 "ORCHARD HOUSE," ALMA, MICH. 138 "GARRA-TIGH," BAY CITY, MICH. 139 "FAIRLAWN," GROSSE POINTS SHORES, MICH. 140 } "HOUSE-IN-THE-WOODS," LAKE GENEVA, WIS. 141 } 142 LAS CRUCES, N. M. 143 } "KIMBERLY CREST," REDLANDS, CAL. 144 } 145 "GLENDESSARY," SANTA BARBARA, CAL. 146 } 147 } "PIRANHURST," SANTA BARBARA, CAL. 148 } 149 ROSS, CAL. 150 PASADENA, CAL. 151 } 152 } 153 } "CANON CREST PARK," REDLANDS, CAL. 154 } 155 TYPICAL GROWTH IN CALIFORNIA 156 } 157 } "THORNEWOOD," TACOMA, WASH. 158 } 159 } 160 } SEATTLE, WASH. 161 SECTION OF A ROSE HEDGE BORDERING AN AVENUE IN PORTLAND, ORE. 162 "ROSECREST," PORTLAND HEIGHTS, PORTLAND, ORE. 163 "CLIFF COTTAGE," ELK ROCK, PORTLAND, ORE. 164 "HIGH HATCH," RIVERWOOD, PORTLAND, ORE. 165 } 166 } VICTORIA CITY, VANCOUVER ISLAND, B. C. 167 LONGVIEW, TENN. 168 "KNOCK-MAE-CREE," WESTPORT, CONN. 169 } 170 } "HAMILTON HOUSE," SOUTH BERWICK, MAINE 171 } 172 } "GLEN ALPINE," MORRISTOWN, N. J. 173 EAST HAMPTON, L. I. 174 "GLENDESSARY," SANTA BARBARA, CAL. 175 CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 176 "THORNEWOOD," TACOMA, WASH. TITLE-PAGE: EAST HAMPTON, L. I., ALBERT HERTER, ESQ. From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals. "A garden was wonderful at night--a place of strange silences and yet stranger sound: trees darkly guarding mysterious paths that ran into caverns of darkness; the scents of flowers rising from damp earth heavy with dew; flowers that were weary with the dust and noise of the day and slept gently, gratefully, with their heads drooping to the soil, their petals closed by the tender hands of the spirits of the garden. The night sounds were strangely musical. Cries that were discordant in the day mingled now with the running of distant water, the last notes of some bird before it slept, the measured harmony of a far-away bell, the gentle rustle of some arrival in the thickets; the voice that could not be heard in the noisy chatter of the day rose softly now in a little song of the night and the dark trees and the silver firelight of the stars." --HUGH WALPOLE. FOREWORD