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The most noticeable change made in the grounds since the com- 

 mittee's inspection of the previous year is the extension of the rock 

 garden. This has been carried up on the adjoining hillside and a 

 structure erected composed of large rocks making it the most 

 conspicuous feature of the estate. 



A miniature rocky ravine, thickly bordered with Osmunda 

 ferns, through which flows a stream of water from the height above, 

 adds much to the effect and when the present plantings of hardy 

 perennial shrubs and herbaceous flowering plants cover the rocky 

 mass it will be a model rock garden. 



On the upper slope of the hill forming a suitable background for 

 the rockery is a row of spruces and the lower slopes are filled in 

 with a collection of rhododendrons and azaleas now in fine flower. 

 Although lacking as yet the finish which will be added when the 

 rocky bank is covered with flowers and foliage the whole scheme 

 is effective and promises to make this estate a notable one on the 

 North Shore. 



To the head gardener, John S. Critchley, credit is due for the 

 skill and taste displayed in bringing to a completion this notable 

 undertaking. Conspicuous among the masses of flowering plants 

 in the various gardens were Lychnis riscaria, Hesperus matronalis, 

 in white and purple, Kerria japonica, Deutzia Lemoinei, Azalea 

 mollis, yellow alyssum, columbines, in blue, white, and yellow, 

 irises, lupins, geraniums, pansies, and zinnias. 



Wilton Lockwood's Estate at Orleans. 



On June 21 the committee had the privilege of visiting the 

 interesting estate, of Wilton Lockwood at South Orleans, Massa- 

 chusetts, and were greatly surprised as well as pleased to see what 

 could be done in the line of ornamental gardening on Cape Cod, a 

 section of the state usually regarded as not responsive to horti- 

 cultural endeavor. 



In a hollow among the hills, not far back from the Atlantic 

 shore, Mr. Lockwood has established a garden and produced 

 results well worthy a record in this report. At the bottom of the 

 valley is a small artificial pond well stocked with hardy Nymphaeas 



