pushing of
the lawn in under the grove was one of the early tasks of My
Own Acre" 24

"Souvenir trees had from time to time been planted on the lawn
by visiting friends" 26

"How the words were said which some of the planters spoke" 28

"'Where are you going?' says the eye. 'Come and see,' says the
roaming line" 34

"The lane is open to view from end to end. It has two deep bays
on the side nearest the lawn" 36

"... until the house itself seems as naturally ... to grow up
out of the garden as the high keynote rises at the end
of a lady's song" 48

"Beautiful results may be got on smallest grounds" 52

"Muffle your architectural angles in foliage and bloom" 52

Fences masked by shrubbery 64

After the first frost annual plantings cease to be attractive 72

Shrubbery versus annuals 72

Shrubs are better than annuals for masking right angles. South
Hall, Williston Seminary 74

"... a line of shrubbery swinging in and out in strong, graceful
undulations" 74

"However enraptured of wild nature you may be, you do and must
require of her some subserviency about your own dwelling" 84

"Plant it where it will best enjoy itself" 86

"... climaxes to be got by superiority of stature, by darkness and
breadth of foliage and by splendor of bloom belong at its far
end" 94

"Some clear disclosure of charm still remote may beckon and lure" 96

"... tall, rectangular, three-story piles ... full of windows
all of one size, pigeon-house style" 100

"You can make gardening a concerted public movement" 112

"Plant on all your lot's boundaries, plant out the foundation-lines
of all its buildings" 122

"Not chiefly to reward the highest art in gardening, but to procure
its widest and mos