The Piedmont Section 



The lovely box garden was designed and made by Mrs, Harper. 

 This is located at the southeast side of the house, and one ap- 

 proaches it from the portico or conservatory^ or through a little 

 gate opening on the large lawn. This garden is very small and 

 just as unique. In it there are thirteen beds, the majority diamond 

 shaped; each bed is edged with dwarf-box. In all of them roses 

 are planted, but now and then may be seen such old-fashioned 

 perennials as lilies, larkspur, and mignonette. On the lawn are 

 many handsome native trees and beautiful shrubs; some of these 

 are quite familiar to our gardens, but others, from England, are 

 not so common. The double pink hawthorne is a particularly 

 decorative shrub, and this was sent over from England, There is 

 also a walled garden at the southwestern end of the house, which 

 covers one-half acre. Within its boundaries many kinds of fruits 

 adapted to the temperate zone were planted, and against the walls 

 were trained different varieties of delicious figs. Many of the fig 

 bushes still remain and each season bear large crops, 



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