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NEW YORK 



There are gardens, old and new, around the many 

 wealthy cities of this great State, through the upper sec- 

 tion, near Buffalo, Utica, Syracuse, Albany, etc., as well 

 as to the south. It must suffice to give a few of the 

 most picturesque views obtainable, almost all of which be- 

 long to places within one hundred miles of New York City. 



The garden at Auburn offers a vision of flowers in 

 glorious profusion, combined with perfect order, which 

 latter condition is not always easily attainable when plants 

 are allowed a certain amount of freedom. The location of 

 this garden, in western New York not far from Lake 

 Ontario, is in about the latitude of northern Massachusetts 

 - a climate congenial to flowers. 



A particular type of garden often predominates in some 

 localities on account of the conformation of the land; as, 

 for instance, in a mountainous section like Tuxedo Park, 

 where the places are scattered over hilly woodland country, 

 many of the gardens naturally develop into those of ter- 

 races, or else, ideal opportunities have created the ram- 

 bling wild garden with winding paths, shaded pools, ferns 

 and flowers. A glimpse of one of this kind is to be had in 



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