xviii, 559 pp. Includes 8 color plates, many half-tones. CONTENTS: Foreword; The Garden and Its Meaning; Climate in America; New England; Maine; New Hampshire and Vermont; Massachusetts; Connecticut; Rhode Island; New York and Long Island; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Maryland and Delaware; Virginia; South Carolina; Georgia and Florida; Tennessee and Missouri; Illinois and Ohio; Michigan and Wisconsin; California; Washington and Alaska; British Columbia (Vancouver Island).