AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



Japanese, and yet, with these growing water plants so close beside it, quite naturally fitting 

 into the immediate landscape. On its steps are Japanese dwarf trees, each in its own little 

 jar. A wonderful view over the surrounding country can be had from this spot; and, indeed, 

 the lovel}- vistas and ovitlooks which the whole estate affords are not the least of its many 

 attractions. 



Like all great gardens, Mrs. Gardner's contains many works of art. There are statues 

 and carved seats, there are great vases, and a fine old well head from Rome. One wall con- 

 tains a number of Latin inscriptions, brought here from their hiding-places in Italy. Stone 

 lanterns from Japan and Japanese idols are also employed as garden ornaments. 



The Garden of the Hunnewcll Estate, Wellesley, Massachusetts. 



Of the man}' interesting features that make the garden of the Hunnewell estate at 

 Wellesley, Massachusetts, remarkable, none is more striking than the topiary work, in which 

 Mr. H. H. Hunnewell was a pioneer. This style of gardening, which consists in cutting trees and 

 shrubs into ornamental shapes, has long been a favorite method in England. It belongs, of 

 course, to the formal garden, and is out of place in any other. Mr. Hunnewell's success has 

 been the more notable, since in England the results have been achieved with yews, which do 

 not thrive in the New England climate. He used, therefore, such trees as were suitable to the 

 conditions, and emplo}-ed pine, spruce, hemlock, junipers, arbor-vitae, cedars, and Japanese 

 retinosporas. 



A TERR.ACE WALK. 



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