BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
but description will ever fail to present it. At every turn 
there is a delightful surprise, at every season it is lovely; 
even January finds it so dressed in evergreen that winter 
seems far away. A few years ago the hillside was a 
wooded and abandoned stone-quarry until purchased for 
the purpose of creating a place of beauty out of chaos. 
An inspired imagination only could have wrought this 
miracle. 
The old Indian name for the Cylburn plantation was 
Cool Waters; it covers two hundred acres, about five 
miles beyond Baltimore. Cylburn House is of stone with 
broad verandas, and stands majestically on a high plateau, 
surrounded by gardens, shrubbery, and an extensive lawn, 
which is fringed by a beautiful primeval forest that 
stretches away on three sides to the valley below. The 
garden is one of the old-fashioned rambling kind, made 
lovely with a combination of tall shrubs and flowers and 
occasional trees. 
The fair little glimpse of a section of the garden at 
Ingleside breathes of spring perfume and color, with that 
indescribable sense of peace pervading especially a little 
enclosed garden where good taste and harmony prevail. 
So great is the impression of seclusion produced by the 
attractive picture that the farmer’s cottage in the near 
background seems almost disconnected from this inviting 
spot. The four white standard Wistarias are remarkable 
enough to demand special attention. The beds are early 
filled with the Tulips of both periods, blooming in corn- 
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