HOMES NEAR TO NATURE 



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ley car and automobiles, the roads are 

 so good, that it has successfully ap- 

 pealed to New Yorkers who want not 

 only a summer residence but a per- 

 manent home on the Sound. 



Shippan Point extends like a finger 

 for more than a mile into the Sound 

 and the water that surrounds it effec- 

 tually prevents even the approach of all 

 undersirable persons and things. 



There are pleasing legends regarding 

 the Indian history of the place, and it 

 has been maintained that the name, 

 Shippan, is from "ship Ann" of whose 

 wreck on that coast interesting stories 

 are told. But it seems probable that 

 this is only a fanciful play upon the 

 word. The Indian records give the 

 name Shippan with occasionally a spell- 

 ing of Shipend. Recently one of the 

 developing companies exhumed an In- 

 dian skeleton, some pottery and arrow- 

 heads on the McVickar place on Fair- 

 view Avenue. This skeleton was in a 

 sitting position, thus showing one of 

 the characteristic Indian methods of 

 burying the dead. 



Shippan to-day is an example of na- 

 ture's handiwork improved for health, 

 happiness and physical well-being. For 

 those that want a home by the water, 

 for those that prefer that phase of a 

 nearness to nature, there can be no bet- 

 ter spot. The various corporations de- 

 veloping Shippan Point have had the 

 rare good sense to preserve all of na- 

 ture's beauties including several gnarled 

 and twisted trees that for their irregu- 

 larity if for no other reason are 

 interesting, like the face of a bulldog. 

 Several groves have been retained in all 

 their wildness and primitive beauty. 

 The beach is made rustic with huge 

 boulders, small stones and innumer- 

 able pebbles all of beautiful colors and 

 varying sizes. For a nature lover it is 

 indeed a place in which to revel in the 

 wonders that every tide brings to the 

 beach. Beautiful forms of marine algae 

 grow here in profusion and there is 

 probably no place along the coast 

 where can be found a beach more in- 

 teresting at low tide. 



The Modern Treatment of Diseased or 

 Injured Trees. 



Nearly every one knows the general 

 principle upon which is founded the 

 modern treatment of injured, diseased 

 or unhealthy trees. It is practically 

 the same as the treatment of human 

 teeth. Every vestige of decay is thor- 

 oughly removed, the cavity is thor- 

 oughly cleaned and filled with solidify- 

 in"' material. 



Civilization is first and foremost a 

 moral thing. — Amid. 



TRIMMING THE EDGES OF THE CAVITY. 



The cavity in the tree is cleaned by 

 the aid of carpenter's tools — principal- 

 ly, saw, gouge and hammer. It is then 

 made "antiseptic" by a liberal applica- 

 tion of tar, and filled with good cement 

 which is held in place, while hardening, 

 by a row of nails near the edge of the 

 opening. The success of the work de- 

 pends upon the skill of the workmen. 

 Theoretically anybody can make and 

 clean a hole in a tree, and any one can 



