BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
it justice. Within the grassy court of the main garden the 
several small open beds are filled with groups of annuals. 
The rear beds contain tall-growing perennials mixed with 
some annuals. There are weeks when the garden is all 
pink, and again all blue and white. It is surrounded on 
three sides with most artistic pergolas, from one side of 
which the view down the Piscataqua River is a pictur- 
esque feature. Stone steps on another side lead to an 
upper garden filled with bloom surrounding a quaint and 
ancient little building kept as a studio. In isolation, 
simplicity, and ripeness the atmosphere of the whole place 
breathes of olden days, and might well be taken as a 
model for a perfect American garden. Its gates may be 
seen in a later section. 
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