REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GARDENS FOR THE 



YEAR 1910. 



BY CHARLES W. PARKER, CHAIRMAN. 



The Committee on Gardens is pleased to report that the interest 

 in its department of the Society's work has been well sustained 

 during the year and the various estates and gardens visited are 

 reported upon herewith. 



Estate of Col. Harry E. Converse at Marion. 



June 29 the committee again visited the "Moorings," the estate 

 of Col. Harry E. Converse at Marion, now in its second year of 

 entry for the Hunnewell Triennial Premium. 



The committee noted with much interest and pleasure the vari- 

 ous improvements made since the visit of inspection the previous 

 year. Especially noteworthy among these improvements were the 

 water garden with its rustic bridges, the open gymnasium, the 

 tennis court, and the various flower gardens of roses and other 

 plants. A new bell tower has been also erected and a plantation 

 of dwarf fruit trees started. 



A half-dozen or more greenhouses were well filled with a great 

 variety of flowering and foliage plants as well as with grapes, 

 nectarines, peaches, pears, and apples. The vegetable and small- 

 fruit gardens have been much enlarged and the whole estate shows 

 the intelligent and progressive superintendence of the general 

 manager of the property, David F. Roy, under whose skilful care 

 the estate has been developed from a condition of wildness to a 

 garden of beauty and harmony. 



The extensive open ground between the residence and the rocky 

 shore was occupied this season by a very promising crop of potatoes 

 in order to prepare the ground for a fine lawn in the future. 



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