BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



but description will ever fail to present it. At every turn 

 there is a delightful surprise, at every season it is lovely; 

 even January finds it so dressed in evergreen that winter 

 seems far away. A few years ago the hillside was a 

 wooded and abandoned stone-quarry until purchased for 

 the purpose of creating a place of beauty out of chaos. 

 An inspired imagination only could have wrought this 

 miracle. 



The old Indian name for the Cylburn plantation was 

 Cool Waters; it covers two hundred acres, about five 

 miles beyond Baltimore. Cylburn House is of stone with 

 broad verandas, and stands majestically on a high plateau, 

 surrounded by gardens, shrubbery, and an extensive lawn, 

 which is fringed by a beautiful primeval forest that 

 stretches away on three sides to the valley below. The 

 garden is one of the old-fashioned rambling kind, made 

 lovely with a combination of tall shrubs and flowers and 

 occasional trees. 



The fair little glimpse of a section of the garden at 

 Ingleside breathes of spring perfume and color, with that 

 indescribable sense of peace pervading especially a little 

 enclosed garden where good taste and harmony prevail. 

 So great is the impression of seclusion produced by the 

 attractive picture that the farmer's cottage in the near 

 background seems almost disconnected from this inviting 

 spot. The four white standard Wistarias are remarkable 

 enough to demand special attention. The beds are early 

 filled with the Tulips of both periods, blooming in com- 



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