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loveliness. Especially at Commencement time it is most attractive, for then a mass of delphiniums, anchuse, sweet William, Canterbury bells, foxgloves, pansies, pinks and forget-me-nots all bloom charmingly together.

[[underlined]] Bonaparte's Residence. Bordentown, N.J. [[/underlined]] (1800)

Within a mile or two of Bordentown lies Bonaparte Park, named for Joseph Bonaparte, brother of the Emperor Napolean. Here in 1816 came Joseph, known as the Count de Survilliers, and purchased over a thousand acres of land. New Jersey has to pass a special law in order to allow an alien to own property within its borders.

[[underlined]] 54 [[/underlined]].  The genius of the Bonaparte family showed itself in Count de Survilliers' handling of the problems of landscape gardening of this large estate, and it became a veritable wonderland, traversed by nearly two miles of drives and bridle paths winding through the pines and oaks. Statuary was placed on every knoll, bridges were thrown across the brooks and gullies, rustic bowers and seats were placed among the forest trees and cover and preserves made for the game and deer.

All that remains now is the gardener's house, a stretch of greensward, and the trees Joseph so greatly loved, still standing to give joy to the passer-by. Our picture is made from a drawing made about 1830.