AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



enclosed within a high hedge, grown ahnost on the very edge of the land. It is a great rectangle, 

 and is comparatively simple in design — four lawns placed around a central circle, each lawn 

 having a central bed of flowers and being surrounded with wide borders. Simple as the plan 

 is, the i^lanting and arrangement have been so admirably done that its very simplicity is only 

 apparent on the closest analysis. Unlike many large formal gardens, this one does not depend 

 on an architectural setting for its effect. It is formally j^lanned and planted; the enclosing 



"ALL VIEW"— THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUNDS. 



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