Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set ForthEarle, Alice Morse
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Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth
Earle, Alice Morse
Gardens; Landscape gardening
_Garden of Johnson Mansion, Germantown. Photographed
by Henry Troth_ facing 4
_Garden at Grumblethorp, Home of Charles J. Wister, Esq.,
Germantown, Pennsylvania_ 7
_Garden of Bartram House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania_ 9
_Garden of Abigail Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts_ 10
_Garden at Mount Vernon-on-the-Potomac, Virginia. Home of
George Washington_ facing 12
_Gate and Hedge of Preston Garden, Columbia, South Carolina_ 15
_Fountain Path in Preston Garden, Columbia, South Carolina_ 18
_Door in Wall of Kitchen Garden at Van Cortlandt Manor.
Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Photographed by J.
Horace McFarland_ facing 20
_Garden of Van Cortlandt Manor. Photographed by J. Horace
McFarland_ facing 24
_Garden at Prince Homestead, Flushing, Long Island_ 28
_Old Dutch Garden of Bergen Homestead, Bay Ridge, Long
Island_ facing 32
_Garden at Duck Cove, Narragansett, Rhode Island_ 35
_The Flowering Almond under the Window. Photographed by
Eva E. Newell_ 39
_Peter's Wreath. Photographed by Eva E. Newell_ 41
_Peonies in Garden of John Robinson, Esq., Salem, Massachusetts.
Photographed by Herschel F. Davis_ facing 42
_White Peonies. Photographed by Mary F. C. Paschall_ 42
_Yellow Day Lilies. Photographed by Clifton Johnson_ facing 48
_Orange Lilies. Photographed by Eva E. Newell_ 50
_Preston Garden, Columbia, South Carolina_ facing 54
_Box-edged Parterre at Hampton, County Baltimore, Maryland.
Home of Mrs. John Ridgely. Photographed by Elizabeth
W. Trescot_ 57
_Parterre and Clipped Box at Hampton, County Baltimore,
Maryland. Home of Mrs. John Ridgely. Photographed
by Elizabeth W. Trescot_ 60
_Garden of Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, Waldstein, Fairfield,
Connecticut. Photographed by Mabel Osgood Wright_ 63
_A Shaded Walk. In the Garden of Miss Harriet P. F. Burnside,
Worcester, Massachusetts. Photographed by Herschel
F. Davis_ facing 64
_Roses and Larkspur in the Garden of Miss Harriet P. F.
Burnside, Worcester, Massachusetts. Photographed by
Herschel F. Davis_ 65
_The Homely Back Yard. Photographed by Henry Troth_ facing 66
_Covered Well at Home of Bishop Berkeley, Whitehall, Newport,
Rhode Island_ 68
_Kitchen Doorway and Porch at The Hedges, New Hope, County
Bucks, Pennsylvania_ 70
_Greenwood, Thomasville, Georgia_ 73
_Roses and Violets in Garden of Greenwood, Thomasville,
Georgia_ facing 74
_Water Garden at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York.
Home of Miss Cornelia Horsford_ 75
_Garden at Avonwood Court, Haverford, Pennsylvania. Country-seat
of Charles E. Mather, Esq. Photographed by
J. Horace McFarland_ facing 76
_Terrace Wall at Drumthwacket, Princeton, New Jersey.
Country-seat of M. Taylor Pyne, Esq._ 76
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