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MARBLEHEAD. 
Members of the garden committee 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society Thursday of last week jour- 
neyed to Marblehead Neck, where 
they were entertained by their 
chairman, the president of the so- 
ciety, Chas. W. Parker. Mr. Park- 
er’s estate is not entered in compe- 
tition for any prize, owing to his 
official connection, but it was thor- 
oughly inspected by the party, who 
also visited the rose gardens of Mrs. 
Harriet R. Foote and the fine es- 
tate of Charles S. Eaton. There 
were present Secretary W. P. Rich, 
Arthur Varney, William Nicholson, 
J. B. Shurtleff, Jr., T. D. Hatfield, 
James Garthley, Arthur H. Fewkes 
and Charles Sander. Upon arrival 
at Devereux the party motored to 
Mrs. Foote’s rose gardens, which in- 
clude more than a thousand varie- 
ties, and which showed many beauti- 
ful specimens in bloom. About 750 
new plants have been put in this 
year, mostly imported varieties of 
hybrid tea and perpetual roses. 
There are fifty or sixty varieties of 
climbing and pillar roses, and the 
visiting horticulturists noted with 
appeciation not only the quality of 
the blooms, but the perfection of the 
foliage, a point which usually es- 
capes the observer. 
From the rose gardens, the mem- 
bers of the party went to ‘‘Red- 
gates,’’ Mr. Parker’s own place, 
where an opportunity was given to 
observe landscape gadening carried 
to a high degree of perfection. Mr. 
Parker has conserved the natural 
features of the landscape and by 
additional plantings has assisted na- 
ture in the development of a unique 
estate. The pictuesque rocks and 
ledges have been utilized for a ser- 
ies of small rock gardens, and scat- 
tered all over the place one finds 
charming little plantations of roses 
and other plants, while hollows in 
the rocks have been utilized for little 
lily ponds, upon which one comes 
most unexpectedly. The estate is 
full of surprises and contains plants 
from all parts of the world, such as 
Scotch thistle, edelweiss and others 
rarely seen in this country. Mr. 
Parker never had a gardener, and 
the thoroughness with which the es- 
tate has been planned and kept up 
is ample proof that he never needed 
one. On his home place, one of sev- 
eral tracts which he has developed, 
all the trees, of which there are a 
great number and variety, have been 
planted by him, although some of 
them are more than fifty feet in 
height. Mr. Parker personally con- 
ducted the party over the many 
acres which he has developed, and, 
although he is in his eighty-first 
year, some of the members of the 
party were unable to follow him 
without fatigue. They paused for a 
moment at the studio of Mr. Park- 
er’s son, Charles, who is engaged on 
an oil portrait of the president of 
the Horticultural Society, an  ex- 
cellent likeness, painted with rare 
skill. From there the party proceed- 
ed to the Eastern Yacht Club where 
luncheon was served. ; 
Luncheon over, the members of 
the committee visited the adjoin- 
ing estate of Charles S. Eaton, one 
of the handsomest small places to be 
found on the North Shore. The 
house is surrounded by a velvety 
lawn in which it was impossible to 
discern a weed. The estate is on the 
shore, and the expanse of lawn 
reaching from the high bluff on 
which the residence stands down to 
the water is one of the finest to be 
found anywhere. At one side of the 
house is a small rose garden in 
which are some magnificent speci- 
mens of bloom, and back of this a 
fine tennis court surrounded by 
tasteful plantations of shrubs and 
flowering plants. The committee 
expressed themselves in terms of 
high praise at the manner in which 
Mr. Warr, the gardener, has main- 
tained the place. A visit was also 
made to Mr. Eaton’s vegetable gar- 
den, which is entered for a prize 
offered by the society. On a tract 
about ninety feet square is a mis- 
cellaneous collection of vegetables 
under high cultivation. A formal 
inspection of the garden will be 
made later in the season. The party 
then motored back to Devereux, tak- 
ing the five o’clock train to Boston. 
ONE OF THIS BANK’S BEST ASSETS 
Is the confidence and friendship which has grown up between its officials and employees and its customers. 
We are glad to give to our depositors not merely the ordinary business courtesies and considerations, but when- 
ever opportunity offers, our help and council as well. 
We invite your business. 
The size of the account is not material. 
BEVERLY NATIONAL BANK 
CAPITAL - wR ie 
BEVERLY, MASS. 
$300,000 
