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ing with masses of the gayest colors - - each bed being com- 

 posed wholly of a single hue. A large conservatory, an 

 exotic garden, an arboretum, etc., are among the features 

 of interest in this admirable residence. Including a drive 

 through a fine bit of natural wood, south of the mansion, 

 there are live miles of highly varied and picturesque private 

 roads and walks, through the pleasure-grounds of Mont- 

 gomery Place. 



Ellerslie is the seat of William Kelly, Esq.* It is three 

 miles below Rhinebeck. It comprises over six hundred 

 acres, and is one of our finest examples of high keeping 

 and good management, both in an ornamental and an 

 agricultural point of view. The house is conspicuously 

 placed on a commanding natural terrace, with a fair fore- 

 ground of park surface below it, studded with beautiful 

 groups of elms and oaks, and a very fine reach of river and 

 distant hills. This is one of the most celebrated places on 

 the Hudson, and there are few that so well pay the lover 

 of improved landscape for a visit. 



Just below Ellerslie are the fine mansion and pleasing 

 grounds of Wm. Emmet, Esq., - - the former a stone edifice, 

 in the castellated style, and the latter forming a most 

 agreeable point on the margin of the river. 



The seat of Mrs. Gardiner Rowland, near New Ham- 

 burgh, is not only beautiful in situation, but is laid out 

 with great care, and is especially remarkable for the many 

 rare trees and shrubs collected in its grounds. 



\Vodenelhe, near Fishkill landing, is the seat of II. W. 

 Sargent, Esq., and is a bijou full of interest for the lover of 

 rural beauty; abounding in rare trees, shrubs, and plants, 

 as well as vases, and objects of rural embellishment of all 

 kinds. 



Kenwood, formerly the residence of J. Rathbone, Esq., 

 is one mile south of Albany. Ten years ago this spot was a 

 wild and densely wooded hill, almost inaccessible. With 

 great taste and industry Mr. Rathbone has converted it 

 into a country residence of much picturesque beauty, erected 



More recently the home of the laic Levi P. Morton. 



