192 THE TREE DOCTOR 



sights of rest and beauty? Some of the most refining', moral- 

 izing and spiritualizing influences are arising from the rural 

 homes of city people. It is this class of citizens who, having 

 saved a little money, will be among the first in the enterprise of 

 Restoration of the Forests. 



ROCKWOOD HALL. 



With an experience in Great Britain and also in this coun- 

 try, and with so many years of observation, I confess I have 

 never seen an estate that for compactness without stiffness, im- 



Photo 178 

 Vegetable Garden, Rockwood Hall. 



provements without artificiality and extent of variety that sur- 

 passes Rockwood Hall, Mr. Wm. Rockefeller's summer resi- 

 dence at Tarrytown, X. Y. The rear of this beautiful mansion 

 is seen in Photo 177. This faces easterly. The front faces 

 westerly and overlooks the Hudson River, some three miles 

 wide at this point. The view down the river I judge is about 



