BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
might be required to contain the broad beds bordered with 
peach, plum, pear trees and shrubs, and edged with flowers 
— the great centre spaces filled with vegetables or small 
fruits. The outer court of this garden, on three sides, was 
formed by two rows of arching apple trees, as shown in an 
accompanying illustration. The fourth side was a lane 
running between an evergreen hedge and a line of Poplar 
and nut trees. The outer walks were broad, the inner in- 
tersecting paths were narrower; the tall planting in the 
various beds prevented a view from one path to another, 
and this was half of the garden’s fascination to the children 
who played there in the games of make-believe. Always 
there was something unexpected awaiting them around the 
corner. Blissful the chance to become suddenly lost in 
grape vines, corn, or dense shrubbery when the world 
seemed to consist of just tree-tops, sunlight, flowers, fruits, 
and birds ! What a contrast to the life of the average 
fortune-favored child of the present period ! 
Echo Lawn is another lovely place near the river, as 
old, too, as Wodenethe, extensive in acres, abounding in 
splendid trees, and full of a beauty and charm peculiarly 
characteristic of the old places on the Hudson. The gar- 
dens, although of a later-date creation, are admirably 
fitted to the surroundings, and with pools, wall basins, 
and flower planting, hardly discernible in the illustration, 
are a rich addition to the noted river places. 
Twenty miles to the west of the Hudson River is 
Meadowburn Farm — famous through its owner, the 
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