BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



dens on this shore could never prosper. Two of the most 

 noted at Mount Desert are shown in the following pages. 



At Kenarden Lodge the garden in the clear atmosphere 

 of this northern climate is most beautiful in form and 

 coloring, and its background of distant hills combines to 

 intensify the charm of this famous place, which is in bloom 

 all summer. The centre beds are filled with annuals in 

 prevailing colors of pink, blue, and white, noticeably Snap- 

 dragon, Ageratum, Sweet Alyssum, pink Geranium, and 

 Begonia. Planted in masses, these and other dependable 

 annuals blossom as long as needed. The broad green sod 

 paths act as a setting to the delicate hues covering the 

 beds. The perennials are banked against the vine-covered 

 walls. 



The Blair Eyrie garden on the High Brook Road is 

 equally inviting and contains many other attractive fea- 

 tures beyond the limits of this restricted view. Peace- 

 fully retired behind its boundaries of trimmed hedge and 

 dense woodland, it must always delight the flower lover. 

 Perennials abound with a good supply of enlivening an- 

 nuals. Its surroundings of evergreen trees are in strong 

 contrast to the brilliant tones of Phlox, Lilies, Hydrangeas, 

 and Hollyhocks, and this garden as seen from an upper 

 terrace is a blaze of lovely color framed in green. 



In southern Maine the garden at Hamilton House has 

 no rival in that section of New England. The hand of an 

 artist has wrought a perfect scheme delightfully in ac- 

 cord with an ideal environment; but pictures cannot do 



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