BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



an accompanying illustration an exquisite bit of semi- 

 cultivated wildness that moves one to wish to see beyond 

 the picture's limits. 



Among its formal gardens, Tuxedo at present has 

 nothing more imposing than the one at Woodland. The 

 wall-beds contain perennials in mass against the vine- 

 clad background, and the central fountain is framed 

 in broad beds of Roses, in bush and standard form. This 

 garden's stately effects are enhanced by the richly de- 

 veloped forms of clipped evergreens in Boxwood and va- 

 rious Retinosporas, to all of which age, as must ever be 

 the case, lends force and dignity. 



The Cragswerthe garden, a spacious plan on three 

 connecting terraces, charmingly exemplifies the results 

 obtainable by the exercise of good taste upon desirable 

 opportunities. Each terrace illustrates, in harmony with 

 the whole, a special beauty of its own. 



The hill gardens usually have also the advantage of a 

 landscape background, as a rule a pleasant feature also in 

 the Mount Kisco region of Westchester County, with its 

 numerous hilltop homes. A garden with a view possesses 

 a setting all its own; one that can hardly be imitated in 

 that particular landscape at least, varying under the chang- 

 ing clouds, and therefore never monotonous. Such also is 

 the opportunity in many Hudson River places, and only 

 those who have lived in the highlands by this most beauti- 

 ful of American rivers know the charm of the mountain- 

 sides, with their deep ravines and river vistas. 



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