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Mrs. James Buffinton, dates about 1790-1800.  They are all based upon designs that may be seen in Swan's British Architect, published in the first half of the 18th century and much used [[handwritten]]here in America with little notice of giving this lecture I had no time to reorganize the script so we backtrack to Newburyport.[[/handwritten]]
[[underlined]]The Wheelwright Garden[[/underline]], [[underline]]Newburyport[[/underline]], [[underline]]Mass[[/underline]]. 

[[par. indent]]The garden at 75 High Street, Newburyport, was known at the height of its glory as the "Wheelwright Place". It is now the property of the Newburyport Society for Aged Women.
[[par. indent]]The house is Georgian in type and the entrance is at one end of the central hall and directly opposite is the door leading to the garden.

[[underline]]16[[/underline]]. Many parts of the garden have been altered through the years but enough of it still remains to enable us to realize how beautiful it must have been when it was as it is shown in the slide.
[[par. indent]]The formal design of the garden was contained in a large circle cut in the grass, broken by straight paths to the house and summer house. The central design was in the form of a Maltese Cross, surrounded by other formal figures, outlined by box. Among the flowers which flourished there in the heyday of the garden, and which may still be seen blooming bravely, are narcissus, tulips, iris, lemon lily, columbine, fraxinella (the old Gas Plant), funkia and yucca.
[[par. indent]]William Wheelwright took great delight in the admirable combinations of colors in these flower-filled parterres. He was also well known in horticultural circles for his fine fruit, especially apples and peaches. Much of the glory of the place has departed but it still affords great pleasure to the inmates of the home.