Colonial Garden-making 
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more County, is shown on pages 57, 60 and 95. 
In both North and South Carolina the gardens 
were exquisite. Many were laid out by compe- 
tent landscape gardeners, and were kept in order 
by skilled workmen, negro slaves, who were care- 
fully trained from childhood to special labor, such 
Gate and Hedge of Preston Garden. 
as topiary work. In Camden and Charleston the 
gardens vied with the finest English manor-house 
gardens. Remains of their beauty exist, despite de- 
vastating wars and earthquakes. Views of the Pres- 
ton Garden, Columbia, South Carolina, are shown 
on pages 15 and 18 and facing page 54. They 
are now the grounds of the Presbyterian College 
