The Piedmont Section 



a profuse and brilliant mass of crepe myrtle as this garden displays 

 in midsummer. 



Outside of the house grounds proper are stretches of park- 

 like woods enclosed by a stone wall between a mile and a half and 

 two miles long. This wall was constructed to a great extent by 

 slave laborers, as were the mansion and office themselves. A road 

 from the house, shaded on one side by a dense woods, carpeted 

 with periwinkle, and on the other by elms and mimosa trees, 

 leads over to a peaceful little graveyard surrounded by a stone 

 wall covered with English ivy. In another direction a shaded 

 path strikes off from the grounds to a swimming pool. Opposite 

 this, there is a picturesque walk known as the "Lovers' Walk." 

 This begins in the park, winds in and out through the forest 

 bounded by the stone wall and, after many detours, returns to its 

 starting point. 



The mansion and some two thousand two hundred and thirt}' 

 acres of the original Staunton Hill plantation are now owned by 

 William Cabell Bruce, of Baltimore, the son of Charles Bruce. 



Louise Este Bruce. 



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