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rillC IIIAKIIKI) KIIOI- I LKKKV IIDI'SK IS ONK OF MANY 

 UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE WARD ESTATE. 



Till-: lU'STIC SUMMER lllll'SK, Wnil A PYRAMID 1-RL'IT TREE 



IN' THE FOREGROUM), AT THE EDGE OF THE 



FRENCH FRUIT GARDEN, 



many Yarieties of old-fashioned flowers. A rose garden 

 coYcring a considerable area and containing all the finest 

 Yarieties of outdoor roses is now in process of de- 

 Yelo])ment. 



A lowland sloping off some distance from the side of 

 the mansion is to be conYCrted into an artificial lake this 

 summer, which is to become part of an extensive aquatic 

 garden scheme. The lake is to be well stocked with 

 ornamental fowl. A bridle path will encircle the lake, 

 then lead off through the woods skirting a portion of the 

 estate, and wend its way through the fruit orchard and 

 around the gardens to the other side of the property. 



A compact greenhouse range is another parcel of 

 "Homewood." Here roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, 

 sweet peas and many other flowering and foliage plants 

 are found in their season grown to perfection. In the 



Ycry near future the range will be extended to include 

 an orchid house, grapery, melon house and houses for 

 Yegetable growing. 



Part of the estate still remains as a farm c(|ui])i;ied with 

 its modern barns, dairy, smoke house. poultrY runs, etc. 

 The rustic construction, shown in the illustrations, of 

 the summer house and the turkey house are the handi- 

 work of Mr. Butterbach, and rustic effects are to lie put 

 to use wherever they can be fittingly em])loyed in build- 

 ing up the wooded portion of the estate. .Mr. lUitterbach, 

 who is a gardener of the old school of gardening, but 

 progressive and aggressive in his methods, says "tip-top" 

 in his slogan for everything about "Homewood" and that 

 with Nature's co-operation and man's skill he expects to 

 transform in a few seasons what remains undeveloped 

 of the property into a veritable horticultural paradise. 



THE GREENHOUSE RANGE ON THE R. B. WARD ESTATE, WHICH WILL SHORTLY BE CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED. 



