WASHINGTON'S GARDEN 



good. Surely the white rose-bush, so planted, may well 

 have acquired a quality beyond that of any other of its 

 kind on earth. 



A plan of the place as it was in Washington's day 

 still exists. It was drawn in color by Mr. Samuel 

 Vaughan of London, who visited the General in 1787, 

 and was approved by Washington, with the addition of 

 a slight correction. The lawn and the two groves of 

 trees in front of the house are the same to-day. Behind, 

 the plan shows the small circular grass-plot surrounded 

 by the driveway. Below this a large fiddle-shaped 

 lawn extends, framed by trees in marshaled rows, and 

 flanked on either side by the big kitchen-gardens. Close 

 to the house were the numerous cabins for the slaves, 

 the quarters for white servants, the tailor and boot- 

 maker and blacksmith shops, etc. A spring-house, a 

 smoking-house, stables, and spinning-rooms, even a 

 school, all are arranged in symmetrical order. The 

 kitchen-gardens were inclosed within brick walls, and a 

 "stately hothouse" stood in one. Mr. Vaughan notes 

 that the General "owned 12,000 acres, whereon were 

 several farms, five of which are kept under cultivation. 

 . . . He breakfasts at seven, then mounts his horse and 

 canters six days in the week to every one, a circuit of 

 about twenty miles, inspecting and giving directions for 

 management at each, and returns home at two o'clock." 



A charming country-gentleman's life. And while 

 Washington rode forth over the estate, his lady gave 



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