Some Old New England Gardens 

 Showing the Mellowing Touch of Aged Trees 



The Low garden at Salem. Mass. Big masses of peonies and mature growth 



of trees 



Time has overcome the neatness of newness and heavy masses give character. 

 The old Hoffman garden at Salem, Mass. 



Sturdy old oaks and other trees and shrubs with well-clipped hedges lend 

 seclusion. Whittier's garden. Danvers. Mass. 



Despite the modern bedding plants, dignity comes from this old tulip tree. 

 The old Peabody garden at Danvers, Mass. 



Hardy perennials, though newly planted, look old in the Poore garden at A hundred-year-old garden at Newburyport. Mass.. where the original design 



Newbury, Mass.. thanks to the background of trees is yet unaltered 



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