BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
In Georgia the summer heat finishes most of the bloom, 
and few would venture with autumn flowers. “The 
Roses, however, when well tended, rest during summer 
to bloom gloriously again in October and until the time 
of light frost, which comes in December.” The interior 
of the larger garden at Green Court, surrounded with its 
splendid outer court, is more spacious than the glimpse 
through the gateway would suggest. The charm of this 
enclosure, like Southern hospitality, is a combination of 
bountifulness and grateful simplicity. Green Court de- 
serves to stand as a representative garden of its State. 
With an almost similar climate the adjoining State 
of Alabama has its gardens also, but, unfortunately, pho- 
tographs are not now available. 
Palms of every description are the characteristic plants 
of Florida. The State is generally flat and open, but in 
the north the country is more wooded, often wild and 
swampy, with picturesque winding little rivers meander- 
ing to the coasts. 
The conditions in the populous districts of Louisiana 
and Texas are so similar to Florida, where gardens are 
concerned, that it is unnecessary to use further space in 
describing plant life in these States. 
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