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[[underlined]]The Arnold ^[[Rotch]]Garden[[/underlined]], [[underline]]New Bedford[[/underline]], [[underline]]Mass[[/underline]].

^[[*]] "A Garden Harpooned"" - to quote Hermann Melville: - "All these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. One and all they were harpooned and dragged up hither from the bottom of the sea".

In New Bedford, James Arnold, not only a successful merchant, but a man of intellect and a student, endeavored to create a replica of an English manor. His house was built in 1821, and set in wide lawns, diversified with box-bordered flower beds, vine-covered arbors and flowering fruit trees. Crowds often walked on the broad paths, and as in England, villagers flocked to dance around the May-pole.

^[[*]][[underlined]]17[[/underlined]]. Little is left now of the old garden but we may see in the accompanying slide a garden of the same Grand Style, created by William Rotch, Jr., father of Sarah Arnold. The intricate design of its walks and box-bordered beds show a kinship to the elaborate Arnold parterres, and reflect the spirit of the Golden Age of New Bedford's garden building. Andrew Jackson Downing said: "There is scarcely a small place in New England where the pleasure grounds are so full of variety, and in such perfect order and keeping, as this charming spot..."

James Arnold's name will be commemorated through the years in the Arnold Arboretum, his gift to Harvard University.