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towering, beautiful "Lime Tree," but someone with good sense 

 said, "Woodman, spare that tree !" To have removed the lower 

 branches of that majestic tree would have inflicted a damage on 

 that property that it would have taken a half century to repair. 

 Then, to the right, away back, is a shorn Evergreen, just enough 

 to bring out contrast. 



Now look at Photo 176. This is landscaping on a larger 

 scale. It is one of the many charming views on the spacious 

 grounds of Gen. Carroll, Tarrytown, N. Y. The superb effect 

 produced here is not the work of an imitative mind, but thor- 

 oughly creative (would be pleased to "give credit" if I knew who 

 executed the splendid work.) Look at all the little nooks and 

 recesses, and the apparent, persistent attempts of old Mother 

 Nature to close in on that open space. To the left are the few 

 advancing Evergreens, as if they were leading the way of an 

 army that had been in ambush. Wherever the eye turns there 

 is inspiration to the soul and rest to the brain. Do we wonder 

 that people of "means" gravitate from the teeming cities to such 



Photo 177 

 Rear of Rockwood Hall, Wm. Rockefeller's Home. 



