IN AMERICA 



anor House, giving continuous color all summer to 

 = charming . view of Mr. Steele's garden at 



stbury is a fi- .nple of an ideal hillside planting 



leading to the flower-beds on a lower 



Probably the oldest garden in New Yor the 



one at Sylvester Manor, on Shelter Island, between the 

 shores of Long Island and Connecticut. This charming 

 little flower-p: hed by a short flight of descending 



ste- >od appears in the illustra- 



tio: ^art of the garden scheme. The 



nd were the Manhasset In- 

 "In .:n England 



ise was built in 1737 with enough of the woodwork 



old house to maintain symmetry in traditions, and 



stood the better part of two cen- 



d furniture, paintings, and curios. 



kept the clo :old left by Captain Kidd and 



her thi 1 * time and space forbid mentioning." 



1 homestead has always remained in the family in 



ent. 





