BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
There is space for but a few of the river gardens in these 
limited pages. The one at Blithewood, Barrytown-on- 
Hudson, is a charming example of a more modern gar- 
den, beautifully located and planted especially for May, 
June, and September. A vine-covered brick wall sur- 
rounds it on three sides, and a terra-cotta balustrade is 
the boundary on the river side. Chinese Junipers, not sup- 
posedly very hardy, are, however, the well-grown, clipped 
evergreens in sight. Barrytown is about a hundred miles 
from New York. 
Up on the Beacon Mountain the Wodenethe gardens 
were begun about seventy-five years ago, remaining ever 
since in the same family, and always celebrated for their 
beauty, due doubtless to the devoted and skilful care con- 
tinuously given them. Trees, shrubs, and vines are rich 
in maturity; the impress of Father Time has so kindly 
marked the place, that of the older gardens Wodenethe is 
probably the finest on the Hudson. 
Not far away there was once another garden. Possibly 
there is nothing fairer than the dearest memories of child- 
hood — ■ sometimes doubtless wonderfully interwoven with 
the gossamer-like stuff of which air-castles are made — 
and so it is with deep satisfaction that the author can dwell 
upon views of an old garden relying on something more 
real than semi-dreams. To be able to duplicate this happy 
place for some other fortunate children would be a joy in- 
deed, and some day the opportunity may be realized 
while the dream still lives. Nearly three acres of land 
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