. Beautiful gardens in America. from a photograph by Julian A. Buckly Timberline, Bryn Mawr, Pa. W. Hinckle Smith, Esq. PLATE 97. VII MARYLAND Flower gardens adorn many of the places in Mary-land, most of them of the old-fashioned kind so char-acteristic of the Southern States, and others of a morerecent date. The latter, though less elaborate than thoseof New England, are quite as attractive in the studiedsimplicity of their design. Conspicuous often are the Ivy-edged paths some-times replacing the low Box border, and the great growthsof Box and rare shrubs, once imported luxuries from oldEng
. Beautiful gardens in America. from a photograph by Julian A. Buckly Timberline, Bryn Mawr, Pa. W. Hinckle Smith, Esq. PLATE 97. VII MARYLAND Flower gardens adorn many of the places in Mary-land, most of them of the old-fashioned kind so char-acteristic of the Southern States, and others of a morerecent date. The latter, though less elaborate than thoseof New England, are quite as attractive in the studiedsimplicity of their design. Conspicuous often are the Ivy-edged paths some-times replacing the low Box border, and the great growthsof Box and rare shrubs, once imported luxuries from oldEngland, speak the prosperity of early days. In the low country of the interior the midsummer cli-mate is humid and hot enough to discourage the flowers ofthis season, but when certain annuals are kept sufficientlymoist and mulched they may pass unscathed through thetrying season and join the few fall perennials for severalweeks of bloom. Winter protection is not a matter of importance andPansies need but an ordinary covering of leaves. An ex-treme of cold, which is rare, might bring disaster to theleaf-covered Canterbury Bell
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