BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
walled garden is found to be useful near the sea, and not 
undesirable in the cooler northern interior, but by many 
experts it is not advised in a warm climate, where it pre- 
vents the free circulation of air within its enclosure, from 
which condition some plants may suffer. 
In the near-by hamlet of East Hampton, Mrs. Lorenzo 
Woodhouse has an ingenious scheme of connecting formal 
gardens that are as remarkable in conception as they are 
exquisite in color harmony. In length the plan is con- 
siderably greater than the width, and the long vista from 
end to end presents to the artist’s eye a lovely picture of 
flowers, pool, and arches. 
Near by, on Huntting Lane, the wild garden belonging 
to R. Cummins, Esq., is considered the best piece of work of 
its kind in the country. It is wonderfully composed with 
natural pools and streams, tea-houses and rustic bridges 
suggestive of the Japanese art, yet lovelier than the trim 
Oriental type of water garden because so delightfully wild 
and overgrown with massive plants, vines, and shrubs, 
without, however, being disorderly in appearance. It is 
an especially rare treat in early July at the season of 
Japanese Iris. 
At the west end of Long Island, near New York, gar- 
dens are almost as plentiful as those in the region of the 
Hamptons. For lack of space the illustrations of the 
lovely garden at Manor House, Glen Cove, and the pic- 
turesque pool at Cedarhurst must alone represent this 
section. Later periods of bloom succeed the Tulips at 
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