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attentiun to this fruit garden and aims to 

 make it the most perfect of its kind in the 

 countr)'. 



Adjoining the fruit garden an extensive 

 lierbaceous garden has been planted and 

 both of these gardens are separated by the 

 pergoki from a stretch of velvety lawn 

 which reaches out to the mansion. The 

 entire grounds are well planted in rhodo- 

 dendrons, azaleas and evergreen shrubbery 

 of a great variety. Many plants and 

 shrubs of a deciduous nature are to be 

 found about the grounds. 



In the sunken garden are to be found 



1— THE TERT(.\CE COMM.VXDS -\ .SWEEPING 

 VIEW OF THE L.WVKS. G.\RDENS AMD F.\RM 



3— THE OLD-FASHIOXEti S,UNKE>s GARDEN. 

 THE EXTERIOR OF THE. BREAKFAST ROOII IS 

 SEEN IN THE HAGKGROUND. ' 



2— THE BREAKFAST ROOM, OVERLOOKING 

 THE SUNKEN GARDEN, WHERE CUT FLOWERS 

 AND POTTED PLANTS ARE LIBERALLY USED 

 FOR DECORATIONS. 



4— THE C O N S E R \' A T O R V, WHICH IS AT- 

 TACHED TO THE MANSION, IS ALWAYS RE- 

 SPLENDENT IN RARE FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



close to the main entrance of the property. 

 The approach to it is effectively planted so 

 that while the home is in full view of the 

 road passing the propert\- the landscaping 

 provides the desired privacy to it. 



What may be regarded as the principal 

 feature of "Homewood" at the present time 

 is the new French fruit garden with its 

 Pyramids, Cordons and Espalliers — dwarf 

 fruit trees. The garden was completed 

 this spring by Nicholas Butterbach, who 

 is superintendent of the estate and who 

 has had much experience in dwarf fruit 

 culture, being a student of the French 

 originator of the dwarf trees. Mr. But- 

 terbach has been devoting much personal 



