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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Giant 
  Oak 
  and 
  the 
  Water 
  Landing 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  hence 
  it 
  fills 
  all 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  a 
  gar- 
  

   den. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  in 
  design, 
  and 
  hence 
  it 
  is 
  attractive 
  

   in 
  its 
  general 
  plan 
  and 
  layout. 
  It 
  is 
  novel, 
  of 
  course, 
  because 
  

   it 
  occupies 
  a 
  novel 
  situation, 
  and 
  the 
  general 
  design 
  is 
  quite 
  

   distinct 
  and 
  unusual; 
  but 
  these 
  are, 
  in 
  a 
  sense, 
  accidental 
  

   characteristics, 
  and 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  subordinate 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  

   important 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  supremely 
  lovely, 
  a 
  verit- 
  

   able 
  concentration 
  of 
  loveliness, 
  a 
  distinctly 
  notable 
  place 
  

   among 
  a 
  host 
  of 
  other 
  notable 
  places. 
  

  

  And, 
  then, 
  beyond 
  it 
  all, 
  sweeps 
  the 
  blue 
  waters 
  of 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts 
  Bay, 
  affording 
  a 
  boundless 
  outlook. 
  From 
  above 
  

   one 
  looks 
  down 
  over 
  the 
  terraces 
  and 
  their 
  beds 
  of 
  brilliant 
  

   bloom, 
  across 
  the 
  outermost 
  wall, 
  to 
  the 
  deep 
  blue 
  of 
  the 
  

   water. 
  It 
  is, 
  as 
  it 
  were, 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  rare 
  jewels 
  set 
  in 
  a 
  crystal 
  

   setting 
  of 
  limitless 
  extent. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  sure 
  the 
  garden 
  would 
  

   not 
  be 
  half 
  so 
  beautiful 
  had 
  it 
  not 
  this 
  water 
  outlook; 
  and 
  I 
  

   am 
  very 
  sure 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  rarely 
  looks 
  so 
  lovely 
  as 
  

   when 
  viewed 
  from 
  this 
  sea-garden. 
  

  

  V. 
  IT 
  J 
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