STATES 
NEW YORK — Bedford Garden Club, Garden Club of Easthampton, 
Millbrook Garden Club, Inc., Garden Club of Orange and 
Dutchess Counties, Philipstown Garden Club, Rye Garden 
Club, Ulster Garden Club. 
The “Martelaers Rock Association” has been given charge of 
“Constitution Island” by the West Point .'\uthorities. This 
Island of 300 acres lies in the Hudson River, opposite West 
Point. It can be reached by Government boat on alternate 
Saturday’s during the summer, — or by row boat by calling 
“Cold Spring, 26” at other times. General Washington se- 
lected this sifuation for fortification as the greatest strategic 
position on the River, against the British, and here a chain 
was placed across the River. The Island possessed two forts 
and numerous redoubts now in ruins. From 1825 to 1915, the 
Island was the hoirle of the Warner family. Miss Warner 
possessed an old-fashioned garden, and wrote a book upon 
gardening more than fifty years ago. In 1908, Mrs. Russel 
Sage bought the Island, (for $150,000) and presented it to 
the United States Government in the names of Miss War- 
ner and her own. In 1916, through efforts of nearby Hudson 
River residents, the Island was placed in the charge of the 
“Martelaers Rock Association”, which was formed for the 
purpose of perpetuating its memories. 
The Palisades Interstate Park came into e.xistence in 1900. 
Today it contains 37,000 acres which include, as the most 
important features, fourteen miles of the Palisades in New 
Jersey, — rock rising 350 to 500 feet, — and 36,000 acres in the 
Highlands of the Hudson, chiefly in OR.A.NGE COUNTY. 
This latter section affords docks on the Hudson River, ex- 
tensive play-grounds, and 25 miles of excellent roads through 
this wild, mountainous country with scenic effects aided by 
twelve lakes largely utilized by campers in summer. Trails 
for those on foot may be found to the extent of 30 miles. In 
certain sections, in time of blossom, rhododendron and laurel 
are effective in their profusion. The “Bear Mountain Inn” 
commands an unsurpassed Hudson River view. The Park 
may be reached by excellent State and Park roads from the 
south and west, and in the summer of 1922, from the north 
by the “Storm King road” which, as a shelf in the moun- 
tains, passes Storm King and Cro’ Nest, with the Hudson 
River below in the view. 
At Fishkill-on-Hudson — the gardens of the old Sargent home. 
Permission to be had from Dr. Slocum. An interesting old 
garden and very fine trees. 
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Prospect Park, are most in- 
teresting and contain a very beautiful Japanese Garden. 
Bronx Park, New York City. 
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