October, 1915 
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ert Dawson Evans, who has recently con¬ 
tributed so largely to the art wealth of 
Boston by her memorial gift of the new 
wing to the Museum of Fine Arts. 
There are two main garden levels, one a 
quadrangle some forty feet wide and half 
again as long, while that on the western side 
is rounded out near the center by a semi¬ 
circular addition fifteen feet in diameter, 
which is devoted to the culture of roses. 
Around it is a marble peristyle and rose 
trellises of aluminum, supported on the re¬ 
taining wall of the terrace. 
arduous is the task ot coverting rocky, 
wooded shores into pleasant garden ver¬ 
dure. Yet this has been accomplished in 
almost every age and clime; the terraces of 
great villas along the Mediterranean are a 
still green, while the lovely gardens of Corn¬ 
wall and those of famous Castlewellan on 
the north coast of Ireland have become an 
inspiration to the builders of American es¬ 
tates that stretch to the water’s edge. 
Such a garden was laid out a short time 
ago on the North Shore of Massachusetts, 
at Beverley Cove, on the estate of Mrs. Rob¬ 
There is a peculiar fascination in the 
thought of a garden by 
restless, ceaselessly beat: 
eign to the peace an' 
flowers 
the sea. While the 
:ing waves seem for- 
d quiet of well-tended 
and shrubs, growing sedately within 
their appointed places, the contrast of the 
two aspects of nature is singularly alluring. 
He re the strong winds and the salt air 
present practical problems to the gardener 
that are not easily overcome. For on level, 
sandy beaches, the salt marshes and life¬ 
less soil require incessant labor before they 
will consent to bloom, and scarcely less 
