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The Prize Garden of George E.. Barnard, Esq. 
Ipswich, Mass. 
By Mary H. Northend 
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feature of Mr. George FE. Barnard’s 
estate at Ipswich, Mass. Viewed from 
any portion of the house or veranda, the 
wonderful color schemes seem a part of 
an exquisite picture, and, indeed, it was 
with this idea in mind that the flowers 
were planted. Time and a great deal of thought have been 
required to produce this result, but the completed whole is 
well worth the effort made, and it is rarely that one finds a 
garden which shows such beautifully blended tints. 
The garden is divided into two parts—the hill garden on 
the north, and the lower garden at the west of the house. 
The two gardens are about the same in area. 
A twelve-foot terrace on the northern slope was cut down 
to natural grade and the sub soil hauled to the lower garden, 
raising one acre of the latter three feet. 
The higher garden consists chiefly of a herbaceous 
Part of the upper garden and the terrace showing the plan of the border 
