“ Hampton ” at Towson , Maryland 
parterres were 
of box, but that 
on the west was 
removed about 
forty years ago, 
to make room 
for beds of 
c ol i a s . Fhe 
eastern one had 
to be reset about 
1870, but its 
original pattern 
was preserved. 
The parterres 
on the middle 
terraces are 
planted very 
openly; but the 
rose gardens 
below, have a 
thicker and more luxuriant growth, which is 
in pleasing contrast to the trimness of the 
box borders above. In the middle of each 
of these lower parterres is a picturesque 
sophora tree terminating the row of vases 
and tall plants which mark the edges of the 
terraces and the centers of the flower gardens. 
West of the gardens are the greenhouses 
and the gardener’s cottage; and on the east, 
screened by a high hedge of arbor-vitae, is 
the kitchen garden. Beyond, down a thickly 
shaded avenue, lies the family burying- 
ground surrounded bv a high brick wall and 
entered through a simple wrought-iron gate. 
Near the drive¬ 
way, just west 
of the house 
stands an old- 
fashioned 
orangery. 
Although 
there was an in¬ 
terval of some 
twenty years 
between the 
completion of 
the house and 
the laying out 
of the garden 
they are in per¬ 
fect harmony. 
Each, con¬ 
structed for a 
man who was a 
leader in his community, was designed for 
a large and open hospitality; and they both 
show, transplanted to this country, the influ¬ 
ences of Italy and of France as they left 
their mark upon the mansions and gardens 
of eighteenth century England. But 
“ Hampton ” is not entirely of the old 
world; for, built during those critical years 
in our history between the war of the 
Revolution and the adoption of the Con¬ 
stitution, it seems to express something of 
the dignity, simplicity, and largeness of 
conception that characterized the founders 
of the Republic. 
THE FAMILY BURIAI.-CROUN I) AT “ HAMPTON 7 ” 
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