Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth

The vignette on the title-page is re-drawn from one in The Compleat Body of Husbandry, Thomas Hale, 1756. It represents "Love laying out the surface of the earth in a garden."

The device of the dedication is an ancient garden-knot for flowers, from A New Orchard and Garden, William Lawson, 1608.

The chapter initials are from old wood-cut initials in the English Herbals of Gerarde, Parkinson, and Cole.

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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

Garden at Drumthwacket, Princeton, New Jersey. Country-seat of M. Taylor Pyne, Esq. 77

Sun-dial at Avonwood Court, Haverford, Pennsylvania. Country-seat of Charles E. Mather, Esq. Photographed by J. Horace McFarland facing 80

Entrance Porch and Gate to the Rose Garden at Yaddo, Saratoga, New York. Country-seat of Spencer Trask, Esq. Photographed by Gustave Lorey 82