Notes By the Way 



By Wm. H. Waite. 



Through the courtesy of my friend Mr. J. Brock, I 

 spent a very pleasant afternoon recently visiting the 

 estate of E. T. Bedford, Greens Farms, Conn., over which 

 Mr. Brock presides as superintendent, and, having my 

 camera along, I was allowed the privilege of making a 

 few pictures, three of which, I think, might interest 

 some of the readers of the Chroxicle. 



This magnificent estate is comparatively new, and is. 

 I think, the best kept that I have ever had the pleasure 

 of seeing. The photos will gi\e an idea of the char- 

 acter of the place. 



are few but large are filled solidly with Begonias Lum- 

 inosa and Erfordi, and at the time of my visit made a 

 most brilliant display. A fine boxwood hedge sur- 

 rounds this garden and the dwarf box is used for edg- 

 ing the beds, while the banks are clothed with English 

 ivy. In the centre of each half of this garden are beau- 

 tiful beds of the choicest evergreens splendidly ar- 

 ranged and remarkable in coloring and growth to be 

 so near the sea. 



Photo No. 3 is a \iew taken from the public road, 

 looking down on the herbaceous garden. This is a 



HOME OF E. T. BEDFORD, OX HIS M.\G.\IFKEXT EST.ME. GREEN F.XR.MS, CONN. 



Photo, No. 1 shows the house, with its handsome 

 bay trees and with the sunken garden in front. The 

 house is located only a few hundred feet from the 

 Long Island Sound. 



Photo No. 2 shows part of sunken garden : this is 

 indeed a very pretty feature; the flower beds which 



splendid exhibit of perennials harmoniously grouped, 

 the building on the top of the hill being the garage, 

 and superintendent's house. There are many features 

 in this garden that are not noticeable in the picture, 

 for this was taken as a bird's-eye view. A charming 

 lily pool with the best varieties of aquatics is near the 



SUNKEN G.\RDENS, E. T. BEDFORD EST.ATE, SHOWING BEDS OF BEGOXI.\S A^D EVERGREENS. 



