BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



In Georgia the summer heat finishes most of the bloom, 

 and few would venture with autumn flowers. "The 

 Roses, however, when well tended, rest during summer 

 to bloom gloriously again in October and until the time 

 of light frost, which comes in December." The interior 

 of the larger garden at Green Court, surrounded with its 

 splendid outer court, is more spacious than the glimpse 

 through the gateway would suggest. The charm of this 

 enclosure, like Southern hospitality, is a combination of 

 bountifulness and grateful simplicity. Green Court de- 

 serves to stand as a representative garden of its State. 

 V With an almost similar climate the adjoining State 

 of Alabama has its gardens also, but, unfortunately, pho- 

 tographs are not now available. 



Palms of every description are the characteristic plants 

 of Florida. The State is generally flat and open, but in 

 the north the country is more wooded, often wild and 

 swampy, with picturesque winding little rivers meander- 

 ing to the coasts. 



The conditions in the populous districts of Louisiana 

 and Texas are so similar to Florida, where gardens are 

 concerned, that it is unnecessary to use further space in 

 describing plant life in these States. 



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