BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
dens on this shore could never prosper. Two of the most 
noted at Mount Desert are shown in the following pages. 
At Kenarden Lodge the garden in the clear atmosphere 
of this northern climate is most beautiful in form and 
coloring, and its background of distant hills combines to 
intensify the charm of this famous place, which is in bloom 
all summer. The centre beds are filled with annuals in 
prevailing colors of pink, blue, and white, noticeably Snap- 
dragon, Ageratum, Sweet Alyssum, pink Geranium, and 
Begonia. Planted in masses, these and other dependable 
annuals blossom as long as needed. The broad green sod 
paths act as a setting to the delicate hues covering the 
beds. The perennials are banked against the vine-covered 
walls. 
The Blair Eyrie garden on the High Brook Road is 
equally inviting and contains many other attractive fea- 
tures beyond the limits of this restricted view. Peace- 
fully retired behind its boundaries of trimmed hedge and 
dense woodland, it must always delight the flower lover. 
Perennials abound with a good supply of enlivening an- 
nuals. Its surroundings of evergreen trees are in strong 
contrast to the brilliant tones of Phlox, Lilies, Hydrangeas, 
and Hollyhocks, and this garden as seen from an upper 
terrace is a blaze of lovely color framed in green. 
In southern Maine the garden at Hamilton House has 
no rival in that section of New England. The hand of an 
artist has wrought a perfect scheme delightfully in ac- 
cord with an ideal environment; but pictures cannot do 
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