Mr. White s Home at St. James, L. I. 
of the orangery is kept one and the same; 
(about 40 degrees Fahrenheit, I have found 
best) and also that air is to be given them, 
from out of doors, whenever the weather 
permits. When they are taken out in the 
spring they may be slightly trimmed. As 
soon as out of doors, they should be well 
syringed two or three times a day, especially 
during the morning and evening, in order 
to thoroughly moisten not only the leaves, 
but also the branches. T hey will then shoot 
up very rapidly. One should further, when 
one takes them out in spring, have the earth 
fifteen feet, and six to eight feet in diameter. 
Whatever cares and difficulties the packing 
and shipment may have represented, the 
owner must now feel himself richly rewarded. 
Six of the finest of the orange trees have 
been placed on each side of the drive just 
before it runs into the oval in front of the 
house; several others stand at the corners. 
An old Roman capital, hollowed out in 
its center to take plants, stands in the center 
of a circular space bordered by blocks of old 
marble and paved with shining white pebbles 
laid in white cement. Around this an oval 
THE GARDEN AND ITS BACKGROUND 
covered with very rich manure, dark manure 
already decayed. As long as the orange 
trees do not grow, the watering should be 
done with care—as soon as they start to 
shoot, constant, abundant watering will not 
harm them.” 
Their immigration to St. James has cer¬ 
tainly been successful. With their traveling 
companions, the pittosporum and pome¬ 
granate trees, they call vividly to mind the 
beauties of many a palace garden of Southern 
F.urope. Perfectly trimmed, some of the 
laurels stand with their heads as high as 
grass plot forms the center of the drive curv¬ 
ing before the front door. Maples shadow 
this on each side, and box trees cut into the 
fanciful shapes of birds stand beside the 
marble platform of the steps. 
The main garden is not located upon an 
axis with the house, having been laid out 
slightly to the southwest, the long writhing 
arms of an ancient oak standing just outside 
and stretching its shadows over its northern 
walls. The ground has been terraced twice 
from the house to the level of the garden to 
the west—the first terrace merely being a 
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