The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-22
Splendid ROSES
BY The acre
Famous Fay Gardens at
Woods Hole - $4,000
Plants in Bloom.
THE NEW VARIETIES.
A Magnificent Display-Vis-
tied by Flower Lovers
From All Parts.
THE NEW VARIETIES.

have seen Miss Fay's roses, you know"
That has been the word passed
around in houses along Buzzards Bay
and the fashionable resorts on the
south side of the Cape wherever CUES is
have been entertained within the iasI
week For the annual rose exhibition
which Miss Sarah B. Fay 1f Wocas
Eol: and her gar1enet, NJ. II Walsh,
the famous rose grower, hold Jointly,
and at which the grounds of the es-
tate are thrown open to the public, is
one Of the "events of the season"
Think of It! Three acres of roses, most
Of them in bloom at once, and with
the finest of blossoms which can be
grown. There is endless variety, and
the air is perfumed with the delicious
odor of the beautiful blossoms, while
the eye is almost dazzed by the dis
play Of color. Little wonder that hun
dreds Of visitors from Newport, New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and other
places have ffocked to the place within
the last week to see the sight
About fifty-five years ago Mr.. j. s.
Fay, cruising along the coast, sailed in
to Woods Hole and cast anchor for a
monday rest. Leaving his wife at the
boat, he walked UP on the HILL and
looked out over Vineyard Sound on
one side of Buzzards Bay on the 9TH
or, with the beautiful island Of Maui
shon ahead When he returned to the
boat, an hour later, he remarked to his
wife, well, I've bought farm =
Woods Hole was not much then, and
wealth and fashion had found little to
attract 1T in this neighborhood. Every
body knows what it is to-day, but not
everyone knows that the Fay estate
has been developed from rough New
England farm to a beautiful estate
with other features than roses. or that
the splendid trees, which surround the
house and do so much to make the
place beautiful were planted there by
Mr.. Fay.
Twenty years ago Mr.. Fay was for
tunate in securing the services of a
gardener who had the best training of
the English gardens to bring to the
development of the estate. Mr.. Walsh
was young man. and like Mr.. Fay,
wholly in love with the growing of
flowers and plants. Under the direc-
ton Of the owner, he continued the
= development OF the estate, planting
trees, vines and shrubbery, and each
year charging tea rose gardens. Mrs..
Fay imported trees and plants, and
many of the trees which now appear
as though they had always been grow
ing on the estate were set out only
twenty years ago. Two Swiss pines are
among the finest typical specimens to
be found anywhere A giant willow Is
the result of setting out a twig which
Mr.. Fay brought home from Niagara
Falls, where he had fished it out Of
tho river below the Falls The giant
hydrangeas on the estate are pro-
nounced by such an eminent h6rticul-
turist as Professor Sargent to be as
fine specimens as can be found in this
country. All about the place, even un-
der the trees, are little gardens, even
under the trees, are little gardens,
even under the trees, are little gardens
most Of them now filled with roses,
but near 'Larkspur Cottage" which is
away from the noise Of passing trains
and delicate campanulas. In another
flower pot paeonles and poppies have
been artistically combined. A pergola
between the great rose gardens of Miss
Fay and Mr. Walsh--for each has now
share in the glory--is covered with
the famous Debutante rambler rose
and all about are rustic benches and
and houses where flower-loving pub
lie may make itself at home, through
Miss Fay's generous hospitality, On
the. lawns are shallow pans filled with
water, where those equally welcome
visitors, the birds, come in the morn
ing to take their baths and express
their thanks in song From the Woods
back OF the estate the squirrels come
out. to share the joy of the birds and
the early morning ana the late after
Noon concerts
Once upon time an old unsightly
barn stood on the estate. rising above
barn cellar When the barn was
torn down the ancient barnyard was
levelled up, erased over and the old
cellar barn walls covered with rambler
.roses, while flower beds were placed
about in aesthetic unity A young ar
chitect, puzzled by the appearance of
this garden, which was partly a sunk
en- garden and partly fiat garden en-
closed by stone walls, asked Miss Fay
what style of landscape architecture
it would be considered. "Cape Cod
renaissance" was the promptly answer,
and the results achieved in this garden
warrant the further development of this
new style On one of the walls grows
the hardy hybrid sweetbriar roses orig
mated by Lord Penzance of England,
with the luxuriant foliage of the COM
mon pasture briar rose, a larger bios
som and occasionally a second petal.
The fragrance Of these roses comes
from the foliage and not from the
flower but In the dusk Of the evening it
is deliciously pervasive. The walks are
all of grass and the rose beds are here
placed in accordance with a color
scheme designed to give the most art
istic effect. One bed, for instance has
nothing but the new single Irish roses,
beeutyl, brightness, elegance, glory,
harmony, modesty and pride. The Irish
elegance is considered the finest of sim
gle roses, blooming from early June
untH 1.-The extreme end of the Towering
season. In the bud 1t is a bronzy or
anre scarlet, while in expanding it as
s,tfnes varied apricot hues which give
IL peculiarly distinctive charm. In
another bed are those splendid creamy
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