BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
justice to the flower planting on such notable places as 
those of Albert N. Day, Esq., Lake Forest; Wm. C. Egan, 
Esq., Egandale, Highland Park; George Higginson, Esq., 
Meadow Farm; and W. G. Hibbard, Esq., both at Win- 
netka, and many others. 
The spring display of late Tulips at Highland Park 
and Lake Forest is especially remarkable. Masses of Dar- 
wins and Cottage varieties in perfect color blending are 
planted everywhere, in the woods, in shrubbery, and in 
borders. 
The illustration of the formal garden at Lake Forest, 
owned by Harold McCormick, Esq., gives a vivid idea of 
the form and finish of this charming place, which must 
always stand among the best of middle West gardens, 
well favored in the beauty of its surrounding trees and 
generously planted with perennials and shrubs. It has 
the charm of individuality rather uncommon to large 
gardens, and stands for that welcome type which seeks 
to be itself. 
Hardin Hall garden, with the great lake as a back- 
ground, has recently joined the ranks of beautiful Ameri- 
can gardens. Every new garden is as a jewel added to 
the crown of its State, and this little gem in planting is 
noted throughout the North Shore. Stepping-stones in 
the grass lead to another green enclosure, designed on a 
less formal plan, — the whole scheme being most artistic- 
ally conceived. 
The climate near the lake is slightly cooler than in 
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