1 8 The Life Worth Living 



and forms a landlocked harbor for our 

 boats. 



The water front commands an entran- 

 cing view. Straight before, two miles wide, 

 stretches the North River southward until 

 lost in the open sea of the Chesapeake 

 Bay and Atlantic Ocean. The shores are 

 marked with towering trees clustering around 

 their old homesteads. 



The things which fascinate me above all 

 others are our trees. 



The place was named "Elmington" from 

 its giant elms. On the lawn now are three 

 hundred and ninety trees, comprising thirty- 

 seven varieties. About half of them are the 

 evergreens, holly, pine, cedar and magnolia. 

 Among them are water oaks four feet in 

 diameter, lifting their immense limbs clothed 

 in shimmering green far above the roof of 

 the house. 



There is no sameness anywhere. The 

 lawn is level only on two sides. On the 



