LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 



In considering the gardens belonging to the State of 

 New York, its most favored garden centre is undoubtedly 

 Long Island. Here soil and climate combine to encourage 

 both vegetables and flowers. And on the shores, particu- 

 larly of the south side and eastern end, the most satisfac- 

 tory bloom is obtainable as a rule with less trouble than is 

 expended upon the flowers of the interior. Not that Long 

 Island is secure from periods of drought and visitations of 

 rose-bugs, but on the whole the plants weather the obstacles 

 better here than in other places of this latitude. There is a 

 marked softness in the winter climate especially near the sea. 

 Possibly nowhere else except in southern California does 

 the Privet hedge make as remarkable growth as on the 

 south shore, and near the west end there are highly prized 

 specimens of old Box. Southampton, at the eastern end, 

 in proportion to population has probably a greater number 

 of gardens than any town in the State, almost all of them 

 designed and developed by their owners, who have thus 

 delightfully expressed their love for flowers. 



Most soul-satisfying, unique in many points, and over- 

 flowing with bloom all summer is Mrs. Wyckoff's garden 

 at Southampton. Within three hundred yards of the 

 beach it is truly a seaside garden, but the great Privet 

 hedges, fourteen feet high, make perfect windbreaks for 

 the protection of its bloom. Connected by arched open- 

 ings in the Privet there are other enclosures for various 



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