laurel oaks, one of each on each side of the mansion 

 which sits toward the front of the garden in the middle 

 of the square ; two ivy-covered old osage orange trees ; 

 a Japanese plum which bears; several hollies (Ilex 

 opaca ) ; numerous trees of the Christmas berry ( Ilex 

 vomitoria) ; Japanese and California privets; a fine 

 gingko; many different kinds of magnolia; dog- 



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woods ; fig trees ; grapes ; pomegranates and all kinds 

 of rose vines. This is only a small beginning of the 

 list of trees and shrubs, containing, perhaps, the 

 largest and most conspicuous ones. On the right of the 

 mansion is a beautiful hemlock, about forty feet tall. 



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