BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
Mrs. Fraser’s garden, enclosed within the semicircle 
of the house and a curving Hemlock hedge, is veri- 
tably a gem in lovely color-blending. All the periods of 
the garden season are represented here, difficult as it is 
to accomplish continuous bloom in narrow beds. First 
Pansies and early Tulips, followed by the later ones, flood 
the little court with wonderfully tinted tones. Then Lu- 
pins, Canterbury Bells, Sweet William, Chinese Delphin- 
ium and Lilium candidum, followed by Larkspur, Zinnia, 
Snapdragon, Scabiosa, Salpiglossis, Heliotrope, Ageratum, 
and compact Petunias, Gladioli, and September hardy 
Chrysanthemum. Constant ministration to the needs of 
this garden keeps it in a state of fresh bloom and order. 
The garden at “Onunda,” Madison, attracts many 
visitors and has long been famous for its beauty and order. 
It is ablaze with color from May to October. Annuals in 
richest massing fill all the small beds, and perennials with 
annuals are closely grouped in the wall beds. The color 
effect is unusual and the adjoining Rose garden is com- 
plete with choicest bloom. 
The planting at Blairsden, near Peapack, is probably 
the most perfect in the State. The accompanying pictures 
give a limited idea of its beauty. The hill covered with 
wild shrubs sloping to the lake, the formal garden, the 
water garden and Rose garden, with the long inclined path- 
way seeming to lead out to space immeasurable into the 
green Garden of Everyman, combine with the scenery to 
make it a place of remarkable beauty. The formal garden 
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