“ The Orchard ” at Southampton , L. I. 
THE WALK NORTH OK THE FLOWER GARDEN 
by the main drive to the farm buildings,— a 
cluster by themselves, headed by the charming 
little gardener’s cottage, spotlessly clean, over¬ 
grown with clematis 
and honeysuckle. 
Beyond the farms, 
hothouses have now 
been begun. 
The flower garden 
is separated from the 
kitchen-garden by a 
road, brick paved in 
the center, with turf 
on the sides. The 
kitchen-garden con¬ 
tinues the scheme of 
the place, carrying 
through it the central 
axis. The endless 
sweep of the wind at 
Southampton makes 
tree growth near the 
coast impossible, 
except in sheltered 
places, and the alter¬ 
native has been the most successful planting 
of hedges. They have become the charac¬ 
teristic feature of the landscape, separating 
and marking back¬ 
yards as well as ein 
trance drives. All 
around the kitchen- 
garden Mr. Breese 
has run a hedge of 
arbor vitie, closing it 
from the farm build¬ 
ings and chicken yard 
and the broad sweep 
of the fields to the 
north. Rows of 
peach and catalpa 
trees skirt it, outside 
of a line of privet, cut 
into various formal 
patterns. 
Mr. B reese has had 
the difficulty of laying 
his garden in a land¬ 
scape in which it is 
well nigh impossible 
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