BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



certain Southern States, numerous gardens, beautiful with 

 age, tell the story of the ardent garden lovers of earlier 

 days, who had to send abroad for their green treasures 

 which they planted and carefully tended, hopefully plan- 

 ning for the future. Many such gardens with their choice 

 shrubs and trees still stand as green memorials to those 

 long-ago people who had time and money for this luxury. 

 Since then the hardships following war have brought sad 

 neglect to the beautiful places the number we can never 

 guess many of which, however, are now being aroused to 

 fresh life by new owners who appreciate the charm and 

 dignity of an ancient home. 



Hidden away in some of the old plantations of the 

 South, and scattered over the Eastern States, near Phila- 

 delphia, along the Hudson River, and in parts of Mas- 

 sachusetts, the best of the older gardens are found. 

 Beautiful, too, while often beyond reach of the camera, 

 are many of the more modern creations so skilfully and 

 lovingly fashioned by men and women of later genera- 

 tions. It is impossible to do justice in photography to 

 some of them when certain conditions prevent the camera 

 from being placed at a range favorable to getting a view 

 of the larger portions in one photograph. Sometimes 

 they are composed of three or four connecting sections, 

 each bringing a surprised delight to the visitor passing 

 from one to the other, but such an arrangement cannot 

 be satisfactorily portrayed in a picture. 



One strange reason why some American gardens are 



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