Beautiful gardens in America . a o r3J3 CONNECTICUT Connecticut gardens are many, both inland and alongthe shores of the Sound. Those of the hilly western sec-tion have the advantage of a somewhat cooler it is unnecessary to give further details as toclimatic conditions,* as the northern boundary is abouta hundred miles distant from northern New Jersey and thetemperatures differ but little, although of course everyhundred miles northward makes gardening a somewhatsimpler proposition, because of slightly cooler conditionsas well as a shortened flower season. In a reputed
Beautiful gardens in America . a o r3J3 CONNECTICUT Connecticut gardens are many, both inland and alongthe shores of the Sound. Those of the hilly western sec-tion have the advantage of a somewhat cooler it is unnecessary to give further details as toclimatic conditions,* as the northern boundary is abouta hundred miles distant from northern New Jersey and thetemperatures differ but little, although of course everyhundred miles northward makes gardening a somewhatsimpler proposition, because of slightly cooler conditionsas well as a shortened flower season. In a reputed true stor> of the long-ago settlementof Old Sa\-brook there is mention of a womans flower-garden, doubtless the earliest on Long Island the sheltered inlets and bays must have seemeda welcome haven to our Pilgrim fathers from the wind-swept coast of Plymouth, whence they had wandered,probably seeking fertile farmland. The gardens of thisState, with some notable exceptions, are mainly those ofa simpler type, made and tended by
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