142 Old Time Gardens 



memory of a presence that lighted all places associ- 

 ated with it with the beauty of a noble life. It is 

 the garden of the home of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, 

 and was planted by her father and mother, General 



Box-edged Garden at the Home of Longfellow. 



and Mrs. Peter Gansevoort, in 1846, having been 

 laid out with taste and an art that has borne the test 

 of over half a century's growth. In the garden are 

 scores of old-time favorites : Flower de Luce, Peo- 

 nies, Daffodils, and snowy Phlox ; but instead of 



