that suddenly falling wooded and broken grround where Mill River loiters through Paradise" 6 ' On this green of the dryads. .. lies My Own Acre " 8 ' The beautiful mill-pond behind its high dam keeps the river full back to the rapids just above My Own Acre " 12 'A fountain. .. where one,-or two,-can sit and hear it 'whisper " 22 'The bringing of the grove out on the lawn and the 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 'Ho'w 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 •ong" 48 vii ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page "Beautiful results may be got on smallest grounds" , 52 " Muffle your architectural angles in foliage and bloom ". .. .

This is the "Hoe Shop." The tower was ruined by fire many years ago, and because of its unsafely is being taken down at the present writing.

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