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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE BEAUTIFUL NEW FORMAL GARDEN OF THE LUCKENBACH PLACE AT PORT WASHINGTON, LONG ISLAND. HERE IS 

 FOUND A SECTION OF THE PRICELESS BONAPARTE HEDGE. IT WILL BE REMEMBERED THAT THIS IS THE HEDGE 

 PLANTED BY JEROME BONAPARTE AT HIS STATELY COLON I AL MANSION "BOXWOOD," NEAR BALTIMORE, IN 1790, WHERE 

 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ROMANCES IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY WAS STAGED 



box and sections of gnarled and knotted hedges ; the 

 story of the early glory of the ancient garden, now but 

 a shadow of its former beauty. A few old fashioned 

 flowers, an unkept garden walk, and a broken seat 

 beneath the cedar, are left to tell the tale. 



In Salem, Massachusetts, which is the farthest point 

 north where boxwood will grow, is a garden in which 

 some noble specimens of boxwood still survive. These 

 plants were originally part of the precious cargo of the 

 "Mayflower," and were planted and cherished by these 

 early settlers who laid their gardens out on the estab- 

 lished plan of England with hedges and parterre beds. 

 Of these little twigs, brought over by the sturdy colonists 

 in New England, most of them were winter killed. The 



heavy gales and winter snowdrifts played havoc with 

 them, although now and then one comes across a fine 

 specimen which has survived the rigors of time. 



The life of boxwood is from one hundred to three 

 hundred years, and during the centuries which it takes 

 for a plant to mature, some mishap often befalls it 

 which spoils it as a perfect specimen. Because of this, 

 much of the old box cannot be used and a large quantity 

 must be looked over before the proper selection can be 

 made. Nevertheless, the boxwood supply has been, to 

 date, sufficient to provide most of the large estates in 

 the North. 



Mr. Fred Lewis, of Lewis & Valentine Company, 

 Roslyn, Long Island, Landscape Contractors, who spe- 



A VERY INTERESTING ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF BOXWOOD IN THE GARDEN OF DR. PRESTON P. SATTERWHITE. AT 

 GREAT NECK, LONG ISLAND. HERE ALSO WAS USED SOME OF THE HISTORIC OLD BONAPARTE HEDGE, AND OTHER 

 BOX BROUGHT FROM THE HOME OF BARBARA FRITCHIE, THE INTREPID UNION PATRIOT, AT FREDERICK, MARYLAND, 

 WHOSE BRAVE DEFIANCE OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES HAS LONG BEEN TOLD IN SONG AND STORY 



