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detail, the power of Love. The Rose Garden is 

 unusually large for a formal garden ; with its vistas 

 and walks, the connected Daffodil Dell, and the 

 Rock Garden, it fills about ten acres. But the 



Statue of Christalan in Rose Garden at Yaddo. 



estate is over eight hundred acres, and the house 

 very large in ground extent, so the garden seems 

 well-proportioned. This Rose Garden has an 

 unusual attraction in the personal interest of every 

 detail, such as is found in few American gardens of 

 great size, and indeed in few English gardens. The 



