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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
A Southern Clime Country Estate 
ALTH( (UGH extensive modern country estates are not as yet numerous in 
our southern states, several of them are now under course of construc- 
tion and when completed will vie with the finest private estates in this 
country. There are, however, already several well developed country places in the 
southland and one of the most attractive of them is Greenwood Plantation, the 
winter residence of Col. < >. H. Payne, of New York. It is located about two 
miles from the town of Thomasville, Georgia, and comprises six thousand 
acres, considerable of which is a magnificent pine forest. 
Through this woodland stretch nines ot spiendid roads from which one can 
enjoy the most beautiful works of Nature, and as early as March one may 
view the most gorgeous displays of wild flowers. 
Cornus florida is found for long distances high among the pine and other 
trees, while great masses of Azalea nudiflorium may be seen everywhere, 
with occasionally a tall tree of Cereis Canadensis covered with a profusion of 
The Palm Walk in Greenwood 
Plantation. 
delicate reddish purple flowers. 
while here and there the eve 
catches glimpses of masses of 
striking yellow flowers, probably 
t w e n t y or 
thirty feet in 
the air, either 
s u s p e n ded 
fro m, o r 
clinging to a 
great pine, or 
the top of 
some other 
native tree 
laden down 
with the fra- 
A Hedge of Cherokee Roses Planted Alongside the Public Road. 
The Residence 
of Colonel 
O. H. Payne. 
Greenwood 
Plantation, 
Georgia. 
Plantings of 
Azaleas and 
Magnolia 
GrandiHora 
Along the 
I 'i'i: ewav. 
g r a n t flower of the 
Gelsemium sempervirens. 
Among many nther shrubs 
of interest are the Hale- 
sia tetraptera, a beautiful 
shrub with pretty white 
bell shaped flowers, and 
the Callicarpa, one of the 
most attractive shrubs for 
the fall and early winter 
months, with very small 
twigs thickly covered with 
clusters of purple berries. 
To approach the resi- 
dence from any of these 
