BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



might be required to contain the broad beds bordered with 

 peach, plum, pear trees and shrubs, and edged with flowers 

 -the great centre spaces filled with vegetables or small 

 fruits. The outer court of this garden, on three sides, was 

 formed by two rows of arching apple trees, as shown in an 

 accompanying illustration. The fourth side was a lane 

 running between an evergreen hedge and a line of Poplar 

 and nut trees. The outer walks were broad, the inner in- 

 tersecting paths were narrower; the tall planting in the 

 various beds prevented a view from one path to another, 

 and this was half of the garden's fascination to the children 

 who played there in the games of make-believe. Always 

 there was something unexpected awaiting them around the 

 corner. Blissful the chance to become suddenly lost in 

 grape vines, corn, or dense shrubbery when the world 

 seemed to consist of just tree-tops, sunlight, flowers, fruits, 

 and birds! What a contrast to the life of the average 

 fortune-favored child of the present period ! 



Echo Lawn is another lovely place near the river, as 

 old, too, as Wodenethe, extensive in acres, abounding in 

 splendid trees, and full of a beauty and charm peculiarly 

 characteristic of the old places on the Hudson. The gar- 

 dens, although of a later-date creation, are admirably 

 fitted to the surroundings, and with pools, wall basins, 

 and flower planting, hardly discernible in the illustration, 

 are a rich addition to the noted river places. 



Twenty miles to the west of the Hudson River is 

 Meadowburn Farm famous through its owner, the 



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