BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



planting schemes, and noticeable is the rather unusual 

 variety of flowers growing in these several lovely gardens. 

 The color grouping in the long, broad beds against the tall 

 Privet background is as perfect as any planting known. 

 The arbors on either side of the garden proper are formed 

 of arches of Dorothy Perkins and Cedar trees alternating 

 the Cedars are bent and strapped at the top to produce 

 a curve. The effect is both unusual and delightful. 



In the same place but farther from the sea is another 

 famous garden, at The Orchard, the estate of James L. 

 Breese, Esq. The garden was started about 1905 and is 

 entirely original in design. The artistic sense of the 

 owner is responsible for the dexterous touches which 

 beautify the garden and pergolas. Neither photography 

 nor word -picture could do justice to the exquisite harmony 

 of coloring throughout this wonderful place, where bloom 

 is continuous over a long period. 



Fashioned in Box-edged parterres after the old-time 

 plan and dear to the heart of Americans is such a place 

 as the sunny Box garden at The Appletrees, so charm- 

 ingly portrayed in this chapter. There is a sweetness and 

 trimness in its simplicity intermingling with the flowers to 

 make it one of the fairest of garden-plots. 



We dwell with delight upon the picturesque view of 

 a section of Mrs. Curtis's garden which might well have 

 been taken from an English garden, so closely does it 

 resemble that type which has been our inspiration more 

 especially during the last ten years. In America the 



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