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JlLV L'O, I'JOo. 



al(iii<i tlir liiH' of s\i|t|>nits ;niHiiij; tlie 

 \ idlcl |il;iiits, wliirli ■.]]■>' to l)f seen at tlii' 

 ha^i' cif tlir villi's ill llic iiirtuif. Tlie 

 \ inlets iiail ix'i'ii jilaiitcd since tlic be- 

 MiiiniiiL: I't' Oi-tdln'i'. '['hey woro j^ruwii 

 aliiii'i at \'- ilfiii'iTs until tin' iiiiiMIc iit 

 .Manli. wlit'ii till' tcniix'ratiirc was in- 

 .•rcasci to Till ilcyrccs. The idiotoo raph 

 was takrn the liist ucck in April. The 

 varieties aie I'.ariicst of All. Mont lilaiie 

 ;iii.l l-:arliest Suniieanis. W M. !^1M. 



WILLIAM SIM'S PLACE. 



I'lie establisluiient of William Sim, 

 ,,\ (liftondaie. .Mass., is now so well 

 known as to need little intiodiK-ti'Mi to 

 reaiiers of the h'EVlKW. .Mr. Sim, is an 

 iiii.-issuinino ScuteliiiKin, hailino irom the 

 .aniiv eity of Aberdeen. He has been 

 at liis pi-esent staud about si.x years 

 ;ind has eertainly aeeomplishod wonders 

 in lliat time. in adtlition to his Hue 

 bloek of greenhouses, models of what 

 eommerfial struetures should be, he owns 

 rsoine twenty-live acres of good land, all 

 ..f whi.ii he cultivates as few owners 

 «\(udd ilo. 



Sj)ecialties at Cliftcuidale arc chrysan- 

 theniums, violets, sweet peas, candytuft 

 .and tomatoes. Mr. Sim was ]>robabiv 

 the first iirominent grower who grew his 

 violets in big, light houses from 3U0 to 

 ;;(5U feet h)iig, and it is safe to say that 

 the (juality of his (lowers has never been 

 surpassed. So also witli sweet peas. H<> 

 .set a i>ace tiiat made others staml 

 nghast. Awards of first-dass cultural 

 cei'1ili«-ates from the Massaciiusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society and wholesale llower 

 market shows attest the (luality of his 

 llowers, as also does the added fact that 

 lie has never yet had enougii of them to 

 sup])ly the demantl. 



Candytuft is largely grown for Me- 

 morial day tr.atle, while tomatoes are 

 4ised to f(">llow violets and sweet peas. 

 A feature at tliftondale which nuist bo 

 noted by all visitors, is the extreme neat- 

 ness prevailing at ev<'ry season. No 

 weeds are seen indoois an<l very few 

 outside, the l>lace being as well kept as 

 anv private estate. 



Mr. and Mrs. Sim and two members 

 of the next generation, wide-awake boys, 

 wh.., we hope, will prove worthy helpers 

 to their father in a few years, arq seen 

 in liie domestic picture, taken on a por- 

 tion (d' the well kept lawn. 



W. N. Craig. 



WASHINGTON IN SUMMER. 



\s a summer resort Washington has 

 not, it is true, been generally exploited. 

 To 'the average American such a reeom- 

 niendalion would be regarded merely as 

 evidence of mhlsuuimer madness. Awlul 

 tales have Inen t.ild of the height to 

 whicli tiie temperature mounts in .July 

 .and August and marvelous .lescriptions 

 iiave beni written (d' summer <lays in the 

 national caj.ital. One well-known au- 

 thor, for examjile. deilared in print not 

 long ago that during Hie hot m.mths none 

 but the business man ventnr.'d out dur- 

 in^r the .lay, and that asphalt ran in our 

 j^utters like cold molasses. Now, it is 

 hot. and tlie ])aviiig does get soft, but it 

 ■is not quite tropical and the asphalt has 

 iv-'ver been known to run oil' of even our 

 r^teei-est hills. It is largely a matter 

 of the tratlitional bad name. Wash- 

 ington has been proDOunced unlivable 

 in summer, and, therefore, by the out- 

 sider and even bv many of its iudwellers 

 it is regarded as a place to be avoided 



fioin .June to October, or to be endured 

 with scant grace if neeil be. 



Compared witii the little country towns 

 as commonly patronized by eltyites, it is 

 safe to say that Washington is no hotter 

 and far more attractive, and it would lie 

 well 1o note that when New N'ork or 

 liostoii, with the t hermometei' in tiie 

 upper !Mis is ac<ouMtabh' for ten or 

 twelve deaths and twice as many heat 

 prostratiinis, Washington, with a tem- 

 perature of !••") or !)M degrees, counts 

 neither loss noi' dis.aster. 'I'his is partly 

 due to Hie const ructi(Ui of the city and 

 the amjile provision of shade. Wash- 

 ington was built to suit its (dimate; its 

 stieets are wiile. its parks plentiful. As 

 yi't we liavc no canyons foianed liy sky- 

 scrajiing buildings and few clutteiH'd 

 tenements in the heart of tiie city. 



The rich man can make liimself mod- 

 erately comfortable anywhere, but the 

 poor man must accmnmoihite himself to 

 einaimstances and it is, therefore, pleas- 

 ant to note that Washington's chief at- 

 tractions are of a kind free to all. Wash- 

 ington is beautiful at all seasons of the 

 year, but never more so than in her mid- 

 summer garments. Her long rows of 

 shade trees, which on some of the nar- 

 rower thoro\iglifares form a complete 

 arch; her vine-clad houses and her or- 

 derly parks are all prospects pleasing to 

 the eye and possessions unrivaled by an- 

 other eity. Standing on the Capitol bal- 

 cony or on any other local emiiienci' and 

 looking down upon the city, it seems 

 at this time of the year like a village 

 set in a forest ; here and there the 

 house-tops and church spires apiiearing 

 above the masses of foliage. W'ashing- 

 ton, too, is fortunate in her backgrounds. 

 Looking upon the city as a unit and 

 glancing in ;iny direction, the picture 

 presented is one of peiadiar charm. No 

 factory walls break the horizon which the 

 rolling hills mark wirL pleasing (dear- 

 ness. Its surroundings are as fair as 

 itself and, while inviting growth, assume 

 an air of perfect completion. 



The accessibility of Hie suburbs is 

 one of Washington's neiadiar attrac- 

 tions. A Twenty-iniinite trolley ride from 

 the heart of the city will lainl tlie 

 business man in tin' midst of uiitram- 

 mele(l countiv an<i on the vvav he will 



not have passed through an unsighti 

 neighboriiood or exjterieneed any m, 



savory odors. 'Jdiat Washington's p 



are not confined to any special (piarte^ 

 but scattered through all neighborhood 

 lias sometimes been regretted, but in ti 

 end it tends to the betterment of bol 

 the (dasses and the town. Instead < 

 dwindling into lenement districts an 

 trailing ofT into dilapidated settlemein 

 Wasiiiiigton grows iuaver toward it 

 outskirts and finally, without a breal, 

 loses its urban aspect in surburban niea.; 

 ows. The country, the real count r\ 

 natural and unspoiled by man, creep 

 up to Washington's back door an. 

 be(d{ons alluringly to the nature lovei. 

 Parks are well enough in their way, ., 

 true beneficence to many, but they cai, 

 not compete with the lipids and grov > 

 unordered ami unclaimed. 



There is great variety in the count i\ 

 around Washington and the possibilii 

 of reaching it with minimum expeinh 

 ture of time and effort makes its e\ 

 jdoi-atioii open to all. I'assing from tii 

 Longnborough road through Teiilev 

 town to (jhevy Chase and from thence !■ 

 K'ock Creek pai'k to i'ourteentli streei 

 (Mie will have observed in panorama ;il 

 most every variety of landscape, fi-om 

 the exteiuled view to the (dosed vist.i. 

 from the rolling pasture to the sun-be 

 dabbled wood. 



It is possible foi' a person of moderal' 

 st length to walk over most of this terri 

 t(U'y and for the camera huntsinaii m 

 the ;irtist no uiok^ fruitful territory couM 

 be found. Since bicycling and the bath 

 ing beach are as well known by the gen 

 eral public as by the small boy. oiu 

 needs no exploitation, but there are cer- 

 tain urban jileasures wiiicli may well be 

 remarked. 



The Library of Congress oflfers for 

 summer days and evenings an agreeable 

 retreat. In its andiitectural lines ami 

 supei'b decorations it is a delight to the 

 eye and in its splendid collections of 

 books an'd pictures it affords an almost 

 inexhaustilile s',i])])Iy of intellectual re 

 freshment. To merely wander through 

 its halls, gazing by day at its masterly 

 mui-al jiaintings and tiirough its win- 

 dows at its iin]iosing vistas, or at night 

 realizing the charm of its glitterin;^ 



Wm. Sim and Family on Their Lawn af Cliftondale, Mass. 



