Chapter I: Front Matter

BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA. Illustrated. 4to _net_ $5.00
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BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA

BY LOUISE SHELTON

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

PAGE
FOREWORD xv
CHAPTER
I. THE GARDEN AND ITS MEANING 1
II. CLIMATE IN AMERICA 8
III. NEW ENGLAND 13
MAINE 14
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT 27
MASSACHUSETTS 37
RHODE ISLAND 79
CONNECTICUT 89
IV. NEW YORK 99
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 127
V. NEW JERSEY 155
VI. PENNSYLVANIA 187
VII. MARYLAND 205
VIII. VIRGINIA 219
IX. SOUTH CAROLINA 235
X. GEORGIA AND FLORIDA 247
XI. TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI 255
XII. ILLINOIS AND INDIANA 265
XIII. OHIO 277
XIV. MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN 287
XV. NEW MEXICO 299
XVI. CALIFORNIA 303
XVII. OREGON AND WASHINGTON 323
XVIII. ALASKA 337
XIX. VANCOUVER ISLAND 340
A FEW GARDEN GATES 347

ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOR-PLATES

PLATE

I "MARIEMONT," NEWPORT, R. I. _Frontispiece_

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III } "FAIRLAWN," LENOX, MASS. _Facing page_ 42