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tion with it were mushroom beds and storage space for vegetables. 



The flower garden was then visited and was well in bloom with 

 all the varieties used for cutting. Of especial interest in it was a 

 bed of hardy dwarf chrysanthemums just beginning to flower. 

 The lawn consisted of about sixteen acres and was finely studded 

 with oaks, maples, Norway, Douglas, and Colorado spruces, 

 averaging from ten to fifty feet in height and as fine specimens as 

 one ever sees. 



There were large beds of rhododendrons and kalmias which had 

 been transplanted in the spring of the present year and showed a 

 wonderful growth. These beds contained one thousand rhodo- 

 dendrons and five hundred kalmias varying from two to six feet in 

 height. There were several blue spruces which demanded partic- 

 ular notice and attention, and quite a number of pines growing well. 



The lawn is of a rolling nature which showed these trees to good 

 advantage. The lower portion has a fine tennis court, and a 

 swimming pool, 30X60 feet, is now in process of construction. 



The mansion house which is of old English style occupies an 

 elevated position commanding a beautiful view of the surrounding 

 country, and the home grounds are thickly planted with a great 

 ^■ariety of flowering and ornamental shrubs. A fine growth of the 

 Japanese ivy covers the front walls of the house. In the rear is a 

 large veranda and between the windows are trellises covered with 

 English ivy, grown in pots, which are removed in winter to the 

 storage pits previously mentioned. 



On the ■u'hole, the committee considers this estate one of the 

 finest in this section of the country and its well-kept condition 

 reflects great credit to the superintendent, Robert Rust, who has 

 been connected with the place for thirteen years and it has been 

 brought to its present state of perfection under his management. 



B. H. Tracy's Gladiolus Farm at Wenham. 



August 24 the committee visited the gladiolus farm of B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy at Wenham. ]Mr. Tracy has eleven acres planted in 

 gladiolus of which nine acres were in bloom the present season. 

 He has over four hundred distinct varieties under name and num- 

 ber, one hundred being the productions of other growers which he 



