THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 



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Photographs furnished by 

 Hitchings & Companv, 

 the builders. 



The Warburg Estate at White Plains, N. Y. 



At last there is visible evidence that- we 

 folks of the United States are awakening to the 

 advantages of the century-old English idea of 

 closely associating the greenhouse and the 

 residence. 



We have spent freely our dollars for residence 

 terrace gardens, and paid fabulous prices for re- 

 productions of the gardens of Italy. We have 

 blasted out rocks, shifted big trees, and even moved 

 hills, that our residences might he in delightful 

 proximity to our gardens. 



But when the greenhouse — a garden under 

 ■glass — has come up for consideration, rare indeed 

 have been the instances where thev were not 



located such a distance from the residence, or so 

 unattractivel)^ surrounded that the owners fail to 

 have a personal interest in them. 



If they had flowers and vegetables from them 

 when they wanted them, they were satisfied. 

 The houses were seldom visited — and then all too 

 often onl}' to make a complaint that "the melons 

 were poor in flavor," or that "the madam was not 

 getting enough roses." 



But happily all this is changing now. Chang- 

 ing because we American people are fast becom- 

 ing a flower loving nation in the fullest sense of 

 the word. We want our greenhouse garden 

 handy by, where we can visit it daily. We are 



awakening to the deligh 

 We want a share in the 

 selves into thinking vye 



This increased intert 

 and gardener in closer 

 the great advantage of 



This range just comp 

 M. Warburgjs onjg of bi 

 groups of houses recer 

 the English idea of loca 



F. C. Luckenbacher, 

 Mr. Warburg, formerly 

 scape work on the M. F 

 Conn. 



