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Old Time Gardens 



garden-making that special art. On this page 

 is shown the finely proportioned terrace wall, and 

 opposite the upper terrace and formal garden of 

 Drumthwacket, Princeton, New Jersey, the country 

 seat of M. Taylor Pyne, Esq. This garden affords a 

 good example of the accord which should ever exist 



Terrace Wall at Drumthwacket, Princeton, New Jersey. 



between the garden and its surroundings. The name, 

 Drumthwacket a wooded hill is a most felici- 

 tous one ; the place is part of the original grant to 

 William Penn, and has remained in the possession 

 of one family until late in the nineteenth century. 

 From this beautifully wooded hill the terrace-garden 

 overlooks the farm buildings, the linked ponds, the 

 fertile fields and meadows ; a serene pastoral view, 

 typical of the peaceful landscape of that vicinity 



