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Danvers, bordered with elms, embodies something of the spiritual beauty and dignity of the early days of Massachusetts. These trees were planted in 1817 by Joseph Augustus Peabody, the son of Joseph Peabody who purchased the estate in 1814.
[[par. indent]] The garden was laid out in 1814 by George Heussler, who planned the famous gardens of Elias Hasket Derby at Salem. There are fine buckthorn and arbor vitae hedges, nearly one hundred years old.

[[underline]]14[[/underline]]. A fine example of late 18th century American garden architecture is now a feature of this garden. In 1901, Mrs. William C. Endicott purchased the summer-house designed by Samuel McIntire for the garden of the Derby's at Salem and moved it to this estate. Although it is much over one hundred years old, it was so well built that it was moved without difficulty. The carved figures on the roof are excellent examples of old wood-carving. Always owned by members of the Peabody family, the garden has been enlarged and beautified through the years. The present owners, through suggestions from the Arnold Arboretum, have added greatly to the original charm. 
^[[A replica of this summer house can be seen in Newport behind Jane Langley Hoving's house on Bellevue Ave]]

[[underline]]Summer House[[/underline]], [[underline]]Borden Garden[[/underline]], [[underline]]Fall River[[/underline]], [[underline]]Mass[[/underline]].

[[underline]]15[[/underline]]. ^[[Here is]] another type of garden house, the design for which was used repeatedly both in the gardens of the North and the South. The one in the Isaac Royal garden is of the early 18th century; the one in the gardens of Montpelier in Laurel, Maryland, dates about 1760 and the one shown in th^is slide, which is in the old Borden garden at Fall River, now owned by
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