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beyond. Along the damp l)orders some half-dozen species of 

 Trillium were in flower and a colony of Phlox snbulaia carpeted 

 the rocks with its dense inflorescence. 



At the upper end of this rocky valley a small pond has been 

 made by damming up the water, forming at its outlet a pretty 

 cascade, while near by, from a cleft in the ledges of the rocky hill- 

 side, a stream of water falls into the brook below. 



The swampy ground was occupied by the products of nature's 

 own planting, conspicuous among which were the handsome, 

 green, leafy clumps of Symplocarpus foetidus, at this season of the 

 year a really attractive adornment. 



The gray cliffs above showed prominently in the absence of the 

 foliage of the deciduous trees which forested the entire region. 

 This section of the estate, of nearly a thousand acres, is a beautiful 

 natural park and needs little help from the hand of man in its 

 further adornment. 



On the return to the home grounds the committee inspected the 

 several greenhouses filled with a great variety of flowering plants, 

 and attesting the horticultural skill of the head gardener, Thomas 

 Coles. 



Joseph R. Leeson's Estate, Newton. 



July 12 the committee visited the estate of Hon. Joseph R. 

 I^eson at Newton which had been entered in the competition for 

 the best-kept estate in Massachusetts of from one to three acres. 

 It was found fully up to the requirements of the schedule in every 

 respect. The grounds were well arranged with fine dis]>lays of 

 flowering plants together with some especially noteworthy trees, 

 among which were blue sj^ruce, birch, ash, and maple, and in one 

 section on interesting vegetable garden. 



Several greenhouses on the estate were attractive with a good 

 collection of foliage and flowering plants and a clump of rhodo- 

 dendrons was appropriately placed in another part of the grounds. 

 The extensive lawn was also a notable feature of the estate. 



The fine condition of the entire place showed much good taste 

 on the j)art of the owner supplemented by the exi)ert knowledge 

 of James Cartwright, the gardener. It was a most satisfactory 

 estate and the committee judges it well worthy of the first prize 

 which is awarded it. 



