BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



walled garden is found to be useful near the sea, and not 

 undesirable in the cooler northern interior, but by many 

 experts it is not advised in a warm climate, where it pre- 

 vents the free circulation of air within its enclosure, from 

 which condition some plants may suffer. 



In the near-by hamlet of East Hampton, Mrs. Lorenzo 

 Woodhouse has an ingenious scheme of connecting formal 

 gardens that are as remarkable in conception as they are 

 exquisite in color harmony. In length the plan is con- 

 siderably greater than the width, and the long vista from 

 end to end presents to the artist's eye a lovely picture of 

 flowers, pool, and arches. 



Near by, on Huntting Lane, the wild garden belonging 

 to R. Cummins, Esq., is considered the best piece of work of 

 its kind in the country. It is wonderfully composed with 

 natural pools and streams, tea-houses and rustic bridges 

 suggestive of the Japanese art, yet lovelier than the trim 

 Oriental type of water garden because so delightfully wild 

 and overgrown with massive plants, vines, and shrubs, 

 without, however, being disorderly in appearance. It is 

 an especially rare treat in early July at the season of 

 Japanese Iris. 



At the west end of Long Island, near New York, gar- 

 dens are almost as plentiful as those in the region of the 

 Hamptons. For lack of space the illustrations of the 

 lovely garden at Manor House, Glen Cove, and the pic- 

 turesque pool at Cedarhurst must alone represent this 

 section. Later periods of bloom succeed the Tulips at 



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