IV 
NEW YORK 
There are gardens, old and new, around the many 
wealthy cities of this great State, through the upper sec- 
tion, near Buffalo, Utica, Syracuse, Albany, etc., as well 
as to the south. It must suffice to give a few of the 
most picturesque views obtainable, almost all of which be- 
long to places within one hundred miles of New York City. 
The garden at Auburn offers a vision of flowers in 
glorious profusion, combined with perfect order, which 
latter condition is not always easily attainable when plants 
are allowed a certain amount of freedom. The location of 
this garden, in western New York not far from Lake 
Ontario, is in about the latitude of northern Massachusetts 
— a climate congenial to flowers. 
A particular type of garden often predominates in some 
localities on account of the conformation of the land; as, 
for instance, in a mountainous section like Tuxedo Park, 
where the places are scattered over hilly woodland country, 
many of the gardens naturally develop into those of ter- 
races, or else ideal opportunities have created the ram- 
bling wild garden with winding paths, shaded pools, ferns 
and flowers. A glimpse of one of this kind is to be had in 
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