. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 166 The American I"l oris7. Aug. ij. Into two parts is spanned by an im- mense cement bridge. The A. B. Dick estate, located within a stone's throw of the Armour en- trance, is in the center of a treeless tract of land. Loolving at it at the present time it seems rather bare of possibilities, and yet in the next 7 or S years Mr. Dick expects to make It one of the show places of the neigh- borhood. He already has extensive laid out by E. Bollinger and proves him to be thoroughly alive to his op- portunities as
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 166 The American I"l oris7. Aug. ij. Into two parts is spanned by an im- mense cement bridge. The A. B. Dick estate, located within a stone's throw of the Armour en- trance, is in the center of a treeless tract of land. Loolving at it at the present time it seems rather bare of possibilities, and yet in the next 7 or S years Mr. Dick expects to make It one of the show places of the neigh- borhood. He already has extensive laid out by E. Bollinger and proves him to be thoroughly alive to his op- portunities as a landscape engineer. Cyrus H. McCormick's estate is per- haps one of the most noted in Illinois for its natural beauties and deep rav- ines. The plan was made by Werren Manning who aimed to retain the nat- ural loveliness of every tree and flow- er and to help nature rather than to tear down her work. The "Walden," ?^ Bia^. .Hffliii ^ 1 H ^^^^HS? iT-r m"^^ S9H l^. --*Wt»^'. --'• '? -'•>-i^.aSw.,^f'*<t',a ... ..- ^. ??'^-•**T'? m ^^smK^^^B^I^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^^|HfeB|^S^^Q^^^^j^^^^^^^^_i3 LAKE FOREST. Northeast \'iew of Flower Garden of Mrs. R. -V. McEhvi-ll. flower, vegetable, and trial gardens and conservatories under the able management of John Tiplady, and some very rare collections of orchids, foliage plants and cut flowers are grown. Among the older places, started some 15 years ago, we find on the border of the lake, Byron L. Smith's estate, which is of especial interest to lovers of all varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and wild flowers. The beau- ty of the results obtained by ornamen- tal and natural planting can hardlv be excelled. Every situation is well studied and carried out to perfection. On the bluff overlooking the lake are planted in the most natural way pos- sible large collections of native trees, shrubs and wild flowers, the conifers predominating over the other Winding walks lead everywhere through the picturesq
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