Mrs. Moore's place gave the most restful sense of spaciousness. 
The broad lawns that surround the house lead to so many charming 
features that one has the sense of great extent. 
The most outstanding feature is the Willow Walk to the beach — 
a gentle, winding alley of clipped Weeping Willows, meeting overhead 
and giving a grateful shade to the long path. The large garden is for 
summer and autumn, but great masses of Veronica, Tansies and 
wonderful blue Petunias gave color to the huge beds filled with 
promise. The Rock Gardens were intensely interesting, and in the 
upper one' was quite the loveliest rock fountain I have ever seen. The 
Rose Garden was full of bloom of many varieties, among them the 
beautiful new rose Juliet. The walled Trial Garden was my particular 
delight, so many were the rare and wonderful things I found there. 
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Mrs. Denegre's house is so placed that every tree has its architec- 
tural value in the design — and every vine growing on the Tea House 
is a part of the artistic composition. It would be hard to find a finer 
example of harmony of a house with its immediate surroundings. 
The terraces are beautiful, and the grass-edged pool most lovely. 
Among the vines used is the splendid Hydrangea Petiolaris, which 
was just coming into bloom and which is such an addition to our 
already long list of vines. 
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After leaving Miss Davison's and Miss Hawley's gem of a place we 
feared that appreciation of further beautiful things might be denied us, 
but the walk along the shore to Mrs. Lane's was an experience so 
perfect as to prove that our joy in the new beauties opened to us grew 
with what it fed on. 
The path has been cut through the woods leaving the natural 
ground-cover of glossy-leaved Cat-briar and prostrate Juniper on- 
either side untouched. On the right, rises the steep shore thickly wood- 
ed with pine and hemlock, grey granite ledges out-cropping; on the left, 
the wonderful blue sea, island-dotted, and piled masses of sea-weed 
hung rocks which seemed pink in the afternoon Hght. The tide was 
out and the crowning beauty was Dana Beach so smooth, so brown, 
surely the " seven maids with seven mops had swept it for half a year. " 
The way to Mrs. Hopkinson's was pointed out to us by a dear little 
girl in blue, one more touch of lovely color. From the terrace at Mrs. 
Hopkinson's, where retaining rocks hold a most charming garden, we 
caught lovely ghmpses of the sea. Vistas have been opened through 
the trees in a way which is an exemplification of that aiding of nature 
which Charles ElHot always stresses. 
Miss Sturges' exquisite little garden came as a surprise, but not a 
shock, it was so exactly right. Two steps up off the path a lovely 
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Mrs. Moore's 
Garden 
Mrs. Den- 
i;GRE's Gar- 
den 
The Walk 
Along the 
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Mrs. Lane's 
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