New-York tribune., 1907-07-14

tox hedge the bolder plants thrust their bloom
and buds far the edges.
Visitors to Lenox naturally turn toward Giraud
. Fosters unusually artistic home. Bellefontane.
An avenue Of Lombardy popIars leads TO the
house from marble and brick gateway. On either
gatepost Italian urn IS placed, in which flowers
planted, and in the garden, which is near tho
house, are sundia, large urns benches and
staluary placed at proper intervals between the
box edged flower beds In Hollis p Hunncwelrs
Italian garden at Wellesley, Mass the height
Of tOpiaTy art is reached. From this garden with
out flowers looks into the waters of Il very
beautiful lake. which reflects the clear CLEAN of
the marble pavilion and halustrades. These. in
contrast with the cool lovely greens OF the vsri-
ously clipped trees, seem strangely but not glar-
ingly white, and the trees cut in gro
tesque shapes the effect OF the whole is singulary
charming In addition TO this wonderful howerlcss
garden. which. with the lake seems like glimpse
Of Italy, are gardens for flowers alone the rose
garden celebrated its great beauty. the azaleas
and rhododendrons Of equal attractiveness and the
uncommon and very successful rock garden all
vying in interest with the plantation OF trees.
Still another place upon which wealth has been
expended for many years is Yaddo, the Saratoga
estate of Spencer Trask
The entrance porch Of marble. with pure Grecian
style of Ionic column, has delicately wrought
gates OF iron that stand open toward the most
celebrated garden that the Eastern States can
boast Of. From this point may all the
alories OF the garden stretches. the fountain the
marble Diana and Paris On the upper terrace Of
the garden is a most beautiful dial. the metal
dial face resting 81 marble slab supported by
two standards OF conventionaliZed lions copies OF
those unearthed at Pompe and made with the per-
government. There adjuncts OF carefully
shaped marble steps, and the whole stands in
semicrcular plaza Of marble at the top of flight
Of marble steps. A pergola OF great length and
beautiful proportions has long terrace before Il.
from which views the long of stone tubs
that set the square. low posts Of the coping
at the garden edge IN each tub a perfectly shaped
evergreen. The fountain in the middle is shallow
and wide, and around 1t vases and statuary.
Beyond the rose garden is rock garden and be-
youd tnat marvellous garden of all old fashioned
flowers that be thought of IN extraordinary
profu5ion and perfection Of bloom.
In the flower garden OF America, California
there is a domain for it comprises fully eighteen
hundred acres, owned by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst which
is considered TO have of the most beautiful
locations in the world. for II Is on a bluff looking
into the surrounding mountains and over the
mountain streams The of this estate is
Hacienda del Pozo de Verona" and three hundred
feet more below. the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, is a station, Verona, built of adobe as Is
the house. The house is built around a court
yard or patio, Of which the entrance gates are
Moorish, swung from huge square gate towers
crowned by tuted roofs and overgrown with
vines. In the courtyard, almost n the very centre
stands an ancient well curb. or pozo brought
from Verona, in Italy. and the places name in
English would read ESTATE of the well OF Verona
Near the close closter which runs down one side
OF the incosed square is another fount equally
antique. pergola. with side toward the
outer world, forms the end OF the snuare, with