October, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



389 



twenty years 

 growth was 



their 

 re- 

 tarded twice annu- 

 ally in order to in- 

 duce a compact and 

 close habit. Many 

 of them are now 

 more than forty 

 feet in height and 

 sixty feet in circum- 

 ference, the hem- 

 locks especially hav- 

 ing been highly suc- 

 cessful. A terrace 

 garden borders the 

 lake. Below, it is 

 contained within a 

 mar ble retaining 

 wall; above is a pa- 

 vilion, with red 

 roof tiles, supported 

 by red sandstone. 

 The terraces have 

 been treated as Ital- 

 ian gardens. To the 

 south of the house 

 is a fine grove of 

 pines, including an 

 avenue bordering a 

 walk. Beyond them 

 is the rhododendron 

 garden, with a trel- 

 lised arbor, to which 

 curtains may be at- 

 tached to shelter 

 delicate plants. To 

 the left of the rho- 

 dodendron garden 

 is the holly path, 

 between beautifully 

 rounded hedges of 

 arbor vitae. Beyond 

 the hedges are the 

 greenhouses, stables 

 and flower 

 garden. I n 

 the height of 

 summer, the 

 flower gar- 

 den is filled 

 with rich 

 bloom, and 

 here, in the 

 autumn is a 

 m a gnificent 

 display o f 

 c h rysanthe- 

 mums. The 

 Hun newell 

 estate has 

 long since 

 d emonstrat- 

 ed many im- 

 portant facts 

 in American 

 horticulture. 

 Mr. Hunne- 

 w e 1 1 has 

 shown that, 

 in fifty years, 

 it is possible, 



A bottle made out of a tree 



A corner of the garden at Levens Hall showing the quaintly clipped box and yew trees 



with suitable care 

 and attention, to 

 produce a garden in 

 this country which 

 for beauty and elab- 

 orateness will fa- 

 vorably com pare 

 with many Old 

 World gardens. He 

 has shown, further, 

 that /American trees 

 and shrubs, or trees 

 that are hardy in 

 this country, are as 

 capable of formal 

 treatment a s the 

 trees more ordinar- 

 ily used for such 

 pur poses abroad. 

 He has demon- 

 strated that many 

 trees of many varie- 

 ties may be artistic- 

 ally grouped, and 

 that an outdoor 

 museum of plants 

 may be as attractive 

 and as beautiful as 

 though their beautv 

 and adaptability to 

 beau tiful effects 

 were the chief ob- 

 jects sought. 



The r e 1 at i V e 

 scarcity of topiarv 

 embellishment in 

 this country seems 

 an indication that 

 the desire for the 

 art is not exceed- 

 ingly acute. Still 

 the presentation of 

 its culture and its 

 forms as here 

 given, may 

 induce those 

 that we have 

 interested, to 

 conjure with 

 means which 

 certain- 

 ly h a ^' e 

 yielded fea- 

 tures that 

 are often as 

 beautiful as 

 curious, and 

 produce 

 them results 

 in spite of 

 time and 

 expenditure 

 some what 

 taxing ; i n 

 spite, too, of 

 the fact that 

 to the stud- 

 ent the cur- 

 rent research 

 in this field 

 is limited. 



