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magnificent roads one must pass through the beautiful grounds that surround 
it. These stretch away in all directions and here is to be found everything 
taste can dictate and wealth supply and all under the supervision of F. C. Love- 
less, the superintendent. 
The lawns, beautiful and green all through the winter months, are seeded 
down annually and. while such a thick grass cannot be had as is found in a 
more suitable climate, they are certainly much appreciated. Unite a nice lawn 
is obtained shortly after the sowing of the seed, which is sown about ( ictober 
first and the lawns generally mown over two or three times by the early part 
of December. During .May the lawns are all covered with pine straw eighteen 
inches thick, which keeps down all weeds that are so persistent in hot weather 
and also prevents washings. The native Bermuda is the only grass that will 
stand the hot summer months and this succumbs to very light frost. 
The vast open stretches of lawn leading away from the residence are chiefly 
surrounded with a wide variety of evergreen and flowering shrubs. Among the 
shrubs found blooming in March was a beautiful border of Japanese Azaleas 
nearly five hundred feet long and eight to ten feet high, a sight worth traveling 
a long way to see and one that will leave an impression on one's mind not easily 
forgotten. ( Ithers, including Viburnum Tinus, fine specimens of Camellia 
Japonica; Magnolia Soulangeana ; M. purpurea: M. stellata ; Forsythias ; 
Spiraea Thunbergii ; S. Reevesiana: S. \ anHouttei : Exochorda grandiflora; 
Olea fragrans ; Corchorus Japonicus, rl. pi., and tine specimens of the native 
[zalca Nudiflorum, Growing in the 
Woodland. 
is a well trained hedge of 
Cherokee roses. The drives 
are long, winding through 
avenues of .Magnolia grandi- 
flora, continued with the ever- 
green oak, (Juercus virens. 
Gravel is used on all the 
main drives, and nothing but 
the native red gravel is made 
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iff 
Cercis Canadensis ami Halesia 
were to be seen. 
A few of the favorite and 
most conspicuous evergreens 
planted on the estate are the Pit- 
tosporum Tobira ; Camphor 
(Cinnamomum Camphora) ; Au- 
cuba Japonica, aureo-maculata ; 
English Laurel ; Euonymus Ja- 
ponicus, Cleyera Japonica; and 
the native Magnolia grandiflora, 
the latter regarded as the finest 
of all broad leaved evergreens in 
the south. 
Palms are used with wonder- 
ful effect and near the residence 
are planted beds of Phoenix 
Canadensis : Chamaerops Fortu- 
nei, etc., while about the grounds 
are growing the Sabal Palmetto 
which makes a beautiful addi- 
tion to the landscape ; also many 
fine specimens of Cycas revo- 
luta, the diameter of some of 
them being about twelve feet. 
Alongside the public road for 
a distance of a mile a fine speci- 
men of an English ivy hedge is 
growing, while on the other side 
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A Portion of the Cold Frames and Greenhouses. 
