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hardy in the open ground, they are all the better for being 
protected in the winter in the manner suggested for Rhodo¬ 
dendrons. 
Also on The Cliffs is the new house and grounds of 
Mr. Robert Goelet, where the hardy herbaceous plants are 
more freely used than any place in Newport. The planting 
is too new to give its full beauty, but it is well done and 
is already showing some fine effects. Of these a large 
mass of Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, among which 
are planted great numbers of Ilemerocallis llava, is the 
finest. The greenish white of the Hydrangeas and the 
bright clear yellow of the Ilemerocallis make a most unique 
and pleasing blending of color. On the same grounds a 
mass of Campanula turbinata shows how well this old favorite 
of ours is deserving of popular recognition. All of the 
I Iairbells are beautiful, and none more so than this charming 
dwarf variety with its profusion of delicate blue flowers 
which cover as long a season as any of the bedding plants. 
The plants here are all arranged in borders which almost 
completely encompass the grounds. Some places the borders 
are fifty feet or more across, with long narrow arms extending 
far out into the lawn, but all the outlines are curved and 
graceful, and the effect when they will have attained their 
growth cannot fail of being fine. Not far away is Mr. 
Cornelius Vanderbilt's place. The house is a fine old- 
fashioned one in the English country style, is also built on 
different levels and the lawn made to conform to them. A 
mass of shrubbery planted at one end of the house gives 
the needed relief from formality. The grounds have been 
intelligently handled and make a pleasing landscape picture, 
the details of which are very fine. One of these we have 
shown in our illustrations. The effect of the vines (Tro- 
paeolum) on the building we think very fine, and well illus¬ 
trates that taste more than the rarity of the plants used 
contributes to the beauty of gardens. To our mind the 
place of Mr. George Henry Warren, though quite unpreten¬ 
tious, is a very fine one. A fine open lawn, a superb speci¬ 
men of the American Elm isolated, and the large outside 
chimney completely covered with Ampelopsis Veitchii are its 
most noticeable features. Indeed, the Japanese or Boston 
Ivy, as it is commonly called, is one of the features of New¬ 
port, and nothing is so fine for covering walls or houses, 
and nothing has such fine autumnal colors — its crimsons, 
bronzes and golds are beyond description. Equally promi¬ 
nent are the Hardy Hydrangeas and Hollyhocks. It is 
difficult to get too much of the stately and picturesque 
beauty of Hollyhocks, but Newport might spare a large 
percentage of its Hydrangeas to less-favored localities to 
the mutual advantage of both. Mr. C. C. Baldwin’s place 
on Bellevue Avenue is a fine example of what can be done 
with comparatively small grounds. At the junction of two 
streets, the planting is so managed as to partially hide 
them, and the largest open space possible given to the 
lawn with a few fine Conifers at one side and end. If Mr. 
Baldwin will allow us to suggest that he gather his Dahlias together in groups and throw away the stakes, he will remove 
the one blemish of a very fine garden picture. Speaking of Dahlias, we have never seen the single varieties finer than 
at Newport. Among the summer blooming tubers there is nothing more beautiful or decorative. They are greatly superior 
to the double varieties in every respect, in color, form, gracefulness, and whether considered as cut (lowers or for 
picturesque effect on the lawn or in shrubbery they are worthy a high place in our regard. One of the prettiest of garden 
scenes is the little pond of Water Lilies and its surroundings on the grounds of Mr. Hodgson, the florist on Bellevue 
Avenue. As a rule, small bodies of water are objectionable, but here it is most skillfully treated. A mass of shrubbery 
on one side, a path opposite, a group of Hydrangeas in the background, and the banks of the pond so naturally arranged, 
AURATUM LILIES AND HARDY HYDRANGEAS. 
