AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



of Massachusetts. There are lovely lawns, well-kept walks shaded with bamboo trellises 

 covered with vines, great masses of brilliant colors, rhododendrons, azaleas, peonies, roses, 

 hardy phlox, dahlias, and many other flowering shrubs according to their season, beautifully 

 planted, with a very fine appreciation of their blooming values. There are trees, also, many 

 so fine and rare and of such grace and size as to be veritable treasures. 



The grounds are so large, so well wooded, so completely cultivated, that the estate con- 

 sists, in a sense, of a series of gardens, so varied is the treatment, so constant the surprise of 

 fresh beauty that each part presents. One large portion is entirely enclosed within a hedge of 

 fir trees. Low rows of box border the walks, and in the center is a fountain Neptune standing 

 proudly on a sea monster. Roses grow profusely in this space, and many other plants, the 

 season's rapid march being noted in quick succession of exquisite flowerings, so skilfully 

 planted that each seems quite predominating in its own special time. Farther up on the hill 

 are ponds, in which are tubs and jars of aquatic plants, many of great rarity, and flourishing 

 with that profusion of growth which is the satisfying testimony to careful tending. A Jap- 

 anese summer house has been built between the ponds, a simple little house, distinctly 



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