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the suuuner. Here is the widest bed of these, rising at the back 

 into a bold rockery, but other beds are found throughout the main 

 part of the garden. On the right are the main greenhouses, 

 covering about 35,000 square feet, with a variety of temperatures. 

 In front of these is the hardy rose border. On the south and east 

 sides are shrubberies, in which may be noted Coryloj^sis paucifjlia, 

 Berberis Thimbergii, Rhododendron Vasegi, and Fothergilla 

 Gardeni. 



On the north, these houses are protected by a high hedge, in the 

 lee of which is a small border of herbaceous perennials. Just 

 beyond is a long Grape arbor, running east and west, which serves 

 in winter to support a close board fence, to shelter frames for 

 violets, pansies, daisies, and the like. vSome of the vines on this 

 arbor are old, and not of the best varieties for this climate, and 

 the less satisfactory vines are being replaced with varieties of 

 more recent introduction, or which have been tested and found 

 more fruitful. 



We pass the end of this arbor and find on the left a row of 

 Apple trees — old, but still in excellent bearing. Back of these 

 apple trees, the grass beneath which is kept short, is an irregular 

 band of Herbaceous Perennials ; still back of these, during the 

 years the place has been competing for the premium, several large 

 Norway Spruces and other trees have been taken out and specimen 

 ornamental shrubs planted in their stead. This group connects 

 with a bed of longer standing, iu which are Ericaceous and a few 

 other choice shrubs. At the end of the path, placed so that it 

 hides, in great part, the barn, is a group of Rhododendrons, planted 

 thirty years ago and rising high above one's head. On the other 

 side of this path, which we have followed since we came through 

 the hedge, is the main path of the vegetable garden ; one larger 

 piece and two smaller, surrounded by gravel or grass paths and 

 edged for the most part with borders of Herbaceous Perennials. 

 These plots were, about forty-flve years ago, planted with rows of 

 Pear trees, but from time to time, for various causes, a good many 

 trees have been cut out, so that now there is abundant sunlight, 

 though many of the ti'ees have been replaced, which will necessi- 

 tate more thinning soon. A few Cherry trees, too, have been 

 planted here and bear well. 



The vinery is next beyond, and is perhaps on the highest part 

 of the land, a range running east and west with a rose house at the 

 east end and a cool greenhouse at the west. Sheds and a " north 



