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now owned by George ^[[H]]orton Miller and through his care much of the old planting, dating about 1790, has been preserved. 

^[[underlined in red]] [[underlined]]40[[/underlined]] [[/underlined in red]]. There is a remarkable hemlock hedge over eighty years old still in fine condition; it is sheared so close that it looks like velvet. The slide shows the hedge in June as a background for climbing roses. 

[[underlined]] The Garden of Mrs. J.D. McKechnie, Canandaigua, N.Y. [[/underlined]] (1796)

The house of Mrs. J.D. McKechnie was built in 1796 by General Peter B. Porter, Secretary of War under President John Quincy Adams. The house passed through other distinguished hands. 

^[[underlined in red]] [[underlined]]41.[[/underlined]] [[/underlined in red]] The garden, though small, covering but an acre, is a quiet, lovely spot. The box bordered beds are full of choicest bloom and the paths are shaded by trees and spanned by arches clothed with roses and flowering vines. Benches set at convenient intervals add to the enjoyment of the garden. 

[[underlined]] Rose Hill, Saratoga, N.Y. [[/underlined]] (1829)

In 1799 James Thompson, afterward Judge Thompson, started out in quest of his fortune, his patrimony being a horse, a watch and $65 in money. He must have been in a measure successful for in 1805 he bought the farm now known as Rose Hill.

^[[underlined in red]] [[underlined]]42.[[/underlined]] [[/underlined in red]] In 1829 his young wife, Mary Stansbury, laid out the garden, full of roses as was appropriate to the name. The garden follows a rather formal plan, a large circular border being the main feature and this is broken by eight arches covered with roses. Inside this round border

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