Chapter VI 
GARDENS OF SOME WELL- 
KNOWN PEOPLE 
L AYING out grounds may be considered a liberal 
art, in some sort like poetry or painting,” 
wrote Wordsworth, who himself dearly loved 
a garden. And it is true that artists generally, as well 
as literary persons, take easily to the “ laying out of 
grounds.” In England most men and women in these 
professions have their own places and live in the coun¬ 
try ; and here in America many of them are following 
suit, and, climbing up among the hills or wandering by 
the sea, they stop wherever the attraction is strongest, 
and proceed to build themselves homes and make gar¬ 
dens round about. Most of these places are rather 
small than large, tending toward simple effects, being 
more the result of personal taste and labor than a high 
expenditure. And there is no better argument that a 
lovely garden is within the reach of very moderate 
means than a visit to some of these charming and in¬ 
dividual creations, whose owners have not alone suc¬ 
ceeded in satisfying their particular requirements, but 
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