BEAUTIFUL GARDENS

IN AMERICA

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BOOKS BY LOUISE SHELTON

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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BEAUTIFUL GARDENS

IN AMERICA

BY

LOUISE SHELTON

SECOND EDITION

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1916

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COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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DEDICATED TO THE PRAISE OF THOSE AMERICAN

MEN AND WOMEN, OF WHATSOEVER

PERIOD, WHO HAVE PLANTED SO BEAUTIFULLY

THAT THEIR GARDENS ARE AN INSPIRATION

TO OTHERS IN ALL GENERATIONS

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IN GREEN OLD GARDENS

Here may I live what life I please,
Married and buried out of sight,
Married to pleasure, and buried to pain,
Hidden away amongst scenes like these
Under the fans of the chestnut trees:
Living my child-life over again,
With the further hope of a fuller delight,
Blithe as the birds and wise as the bees.
In green old gardens hidden away
From sight of revel, and sound of strife,
Here have I leisure to breathe and move,
And do my work in a nobler way;
To sing my songs, and to say my say;
To dream my dreams, and to love my love,
To hold my faith and to live my life,
Making the most of its shadowy day.

—Violet Fane.

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CONTENTS

class="smcap">Illinois and Indiana XIII. Ohio XIV. Michigan and Wisconsin XV. New Mexico XVI. California XVII. Oregon and Washington XVIII. Alaska XIX. Vancouver Island A Few Garden Gates

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ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOR-PLATES

HALF-TONE PLATES

align="right">14 } 15 Wellesley, Mass. 16 "Holm Lea," Brookline, Mass. 17 } 18 } "Fairlawn," Lenox, Mass. 19 } 20 } 21 } "Bellefontaine," Lenox, Mass. 22 } 23 "Overloch," Wenham, Mass. 24 "Fernbrooke," Lenox, Mass. 25 "Chesterwood," Glendale, Mass. 26 } 27 } "Riverside Farm," Tyringham, Mass. 28 } 29 "Naum Keag," Stockbridge, Mass. 30 "Brookside," Great Barrington, Mass. 31 "Rock Maple Farm," Hamilton, Mass. 32 Brookline, Mass. 33 Longfellow's Garden, Cambridge, Mass. 34 Old Witch House, Salem, Mass. 35 "Mariemont," Newport, R. I. 36 "The Elms," Newport, R. I. 37 "Vernon Court," Newport, R. I. 38 "Villaserra," Warren, R. I. 39 "Woodside," Hartford, Conn. 40 "Elmwood," Pomfret, Conn. 41

class="smcap">Pomfret Centre, Conn. 42 "Branford House," Groton, Conn. 43 Pomfret Centre, Conn. 44 } 45 } Auburn, N. Y. 46 Section of a Wild Garden at Tuxedo Park, N. Y. 47 "Woodland," Tuxedo, N. Y. 48 "Cragswerthe," Tuxedo, N. Y. 49 "Blithewood," Barrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. 50 } 51 } "Wodenethe," Beacon-on-Hudson, N. Y. 52 } 53 } The Author's Childhood Garden, Newburgh-on-Hudson, N. Y. 54 "Echo Lawn," Newburgh-on-Hudson, N. Y. 55 } 56 } "Meadowburn," Warwick, N. Y. 57 "Ridgeland Farm," Bedford, N. Y. 58 Southampton, L. I. 59 } 60 } 61 } "The Orchard," Southampton, L. I. 62 } 63 } 64 } "The Appletrees," Southampton, L. I. 65 Southampton, L. I. 66 } 67 } 68 } East Hampton, L. I. 69 } 70

align="left">"Manor House," Glen Cove, L. I. 71 Cedarhurst, L. I. 72 Westbury, L. I. 73 "Manor House," Glen Cove, L. I. 74 "Sylvester Manor," Shelter Island 75 "Cherrycroft," Morristown, N. J. 76 "Ridgewood Hill," Morristown, N. J. 77 Morristown, N. J. 78 } 79 } "Blairsden," Peapack, N. J. 80 } 81 "Brooklawn," Short Hills, N. J. 82 } 83 } "Drumthwacket," Princeton, N. J. 84 } 85 "Onunda," Madison, N. J. 86 "Glen Alpine," Morristown, N. J. 87 "Thornton," Rumson, N. J. 88 Highland, N. J. 89 "Allgates," Haverford, Pa. 90 } 91 } Andalusia, Pa. 92 "Edgecombe," Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 93 "Krisheim," Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 94 } 95 } "Willow Bank," Bryn Mawr, Pa. 96 "Fancy Field," Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 97 "Timberline," Bryn Mawr, Pa.

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@34893@[email protected]#ILL_106" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">98 "Ballygarth," Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 99 "Hampton," Towson, Md. 100 "Evergreen-on-Avenue," Baltimore, Md. 101 "Cylburn House," Cylburn, Baltimore Co., Md. 102 "Ingleside," Catonsville, Md. 103 "The Blind," Havre de Grace, Md. 104 } 105 } 106 } Montpelier, Va. 107 } 108 } 109 } "Rose Hill," Greenwood, Va. 110 "Meadowbrook Manor," Drewry's Bluff, Va. 111 Richmond, Va. 112 } 113 } "Magnolia Garden," Charleston, S. C. 114 } 115 } "Preston Garden," Columbia, S. C. 116 } 117 } 118 } "Green Court," Augusta, Ga. 119 } 120 Tropical Growth, Palm Beach, Fla. 121 "Rostrevor," Knoxville, Tenn. 122 Longview, Tenn. 123 "Hazelwood," Kinloch, Mo. 124 Lake Forest, Ill. 125 "Hardin Hall," Hubbard's Wood, Ill.

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@34893@[email protected]#ILL_136" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">126 } 127 } "The Farms," Monticello, Ill. 128 } 129 } The Rock Garden, "Englishton Park," Lexington, Ind. 130 "Gwinn," Cleveland, Ohio 131 } 132 } Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio 133 } 134 "Shadyside," Painesville, Ohio 135 } 136 } "Indian Hill," Mentor, Ohio 137 "Orchard House," Alma, Mich. 138 "Garra-tigh," Bay City, Mich. 139 "Fairlawn," Grosse Points Shores, Mich. 140 } 141 } "House-in-the-Woods," Lake Geneva, Wis. 142 Las Cruces, N. M. 143 } 144 } "Kimberly Crest," Redlands, Cal. 145 "Glendessary," Santa Barbara, Cal. 146 } 147 } "Piranhurst," Santa Barbara, Cal. 148 } 149 Ross, Cal. 150 Pasadena, Cal. 151 } 152 } 153 } "Cañon Crest Park," Redlands, Cal. 154 }

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">155 Typical Growth in California 156 } 157 } "Thornewood," Tacoma, Wash. 158 } 159 } 160 } Seattle, Wash. 161 Section of a Rose Hedge Bordering an Avenue in Portland, Ore. 162 "Rosecrest," Portland Heights, Portland, Ore. 163 "Cliff Cottage," Elk Rock, Portland, Ore. 164 "High Hatch," Riverwood, Portland, Ore. 165 } 166 } Victoria City, Vancouver Island, B. C. 167 Longview, Tenn. 168 "Knock-Mae-Cree," Westport, Conn. 169 } 170 } "Hamilton House," South Berwick, Maine 171 } 172 "Glen Alpine," Morristown, N. J. 173 East Hampton, L. I. 174 "Glendessary," Santa Barbara, Cal. 175 Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio. 176 "Thornewood," Tacoma, Wash.

Title-Page: East Hampton, L. I., Albert Herter, Esq.

From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals.

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