AMERICAN KSTATKS AM) GARDENS 



At the farther end is a great stone semicircular seat, with vases on either side. < Hlu-r 

 seats, rectangular in form and beautifully carved, are placed at the ends of the cross path. 

 Behind the house is a grassed space, laid out in garden style, and immediately beyond 

 is the ocean, the estate being directly on the edge of the water. It is a beautiful, open situation, 

 devoid of trees, it is true, but the omission is largely compensated for by the delightful manner 

 in which the garden has been planted with shrubs and flowers. 



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The Garden of Francis Bartlett, Esq., Prides Crossing, Massachusetts. 



The garden of Mr. Francis Bartlett, at Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, is a striking 

 example of the fine gardens with which the eastern part of Massachusetts is thronged. It 

 is thoroughly individual in design and in development, a spot of wonderful natural beauty, to 

 which art has given a special note of charm and completeness. A long, winding driveway 

 leads up through lovely woods 

 to the house. Just before it 

 is reached the road passes be- 

 tween two magnificent Japan- 

 ese bronze lanterns. 



The house stands on a 

 terrace, the road within a 

 balustrade, in the semicircular 

 projections of which are placed 

 immense bronze Japanese vases, 

 gigantic works of art with 

 delicately elaborated surfaces. 

 There are large jars of Japanese 

 pottery on the balustrade piers. 

 In the center, immediately be- 

 fore the house, is a vast Japanese 

 basin of bronze, with a bronze 

 water fowl beside it, standing on 

 a mass of rocks thickly planted 

 with ferns and rock shrubs. 



A flight of steps descends 

 from the center of the terrace 

 to the formal garden. Its flower 

 beds form an elaborate geomet- 

 rical design, bordered with box, 

 and beautifully planted with THE BRONZE BASIN AND FERNERY. 



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