The Garden Magazine, August, 1923 
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Mattie Edwards Hewitt , Photo. 
SOME GIFTS OF THE ORIENT TO AMERICA 
“It is a singular fact that the shrubs and trees with conspicuous blossoms hardy in the colder parts of this 
country, and in Europe, which are first to open their flowers in the spring are natives of the Orient.” 
Wisteria, Azalea, Japanese Yew (right) and Japanese Holly (left against the house where the Wisteria 
meets the ground) at the Long Island home of Mr. W. R. Coe, “Planting Fields”, Oyster Bay 
