San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1906. First edition (pp. vii, 141). Illustrated with twenty hand-tinted colour photographs depicting garden designs from earlier times. Octavo (22cm) in tan broad cloth, green decorations and titles in the art nouveau manner. Previous owner’s attractive bookplate. Some of the residences are so thick with ivy as to resemble newly discovered Mayan temples; nevertheless, a handsome book with especially attractive photographs.