BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



the wall; the fourth side contains the simple entrance, 

 and beyond the boundaries on all three sides the won- 

 derful view. 



At Naumkeag, Stockbridge, the formal garden full of 

 bloom, which is part of a larger plan, has a wide-spread 

 reputation. It is especially noted for its battlement-cut 

 hedge, and has as an accessory a splendid landscape back- 

 ground, so common to the Berkshires and so desirable to 

 the garden beautiful. " Naumkeag" is the Indian name 

 for Salem, meaning "Haven of Rest." 



Recently completed at Great Barrington, the spacious 

 garden at Brookside is the best piece of Italian work in this 

 section. The accompanying illustration gives but a faint 

 idea of its size, its flowers, and its many other fine points. 



The two pictures illustrating the garden at Overloch, 

 Wenham, and at Rock Maple Farm, Hamilton, are still 

 other good examples of the variety and charm of the 

 flower planting of this coast State. Both of these views 

 are unique, and in fact how seldom do we find sameness in 

 gardens! 



Mr. Longfellow's place at Cambridge, Doctor Weld's at 

 Brookline, and The Witch's Place at Salem are typical 

 of New England the paths all edged with Box, which 

 shrub, on account of frost blights, has never attained 

 great height. These gardens are just simple, lovable lit- 

 tle places filled with shadows and sunshine, some flowers, 

 and the good scent of Box, which latter always seems so 

 especially essential to old gardens. 



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