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seems much more probable that it was so called from the tulip poplars which formed the avenue of approach. The shallow terraces which are shown in the slides are a distinctive feature of old Maryland gardens, [[strikethrough]] and are often referred to as "falls." [[/strikethrough]]

[[margin]] ^[[+ ✔]] [[/margin]] [[underlined]] HAMPTON [[/underlined]]

[[margin]] [[red dot]] [[/margin]] [[underlined]] 44 [[/underlined]]. [[bracketed]] ^[[(]]Hampton, a few miles out of Baltimore, is one of the most distinguished examples of building and landscaping left to us. The house was begun in 1783 by Captain Charles Ridgely and was seven years in building. [[/bracketed]] A wide sweep of lawn around which the drive winds in a great oval^[[,]] and terraces on the garden side are doubtless part of the ground plan of 1790.^[[)]]

[[margin]] ^[[+ ✔]] [[/margin]] ^[[ [ ]][[underlined]] Hampton Box Garden [[/underlined]] ^[[ ] ]]

[[margin]] [[red dot]] [[/margin]] [[underlined]] 45. [[/underlined]] The elaborately planned box garden was not ^[[(]] laid out until 1810^[[)]] and is typical of that period of American gardening, and a remarkable example of the revival of the intricately designed [[underlined]] knot [[/underlined]] gardens of the 17th century.

Hampton has remained in the Ridgely family, and each generation has cared for the old and added something of its own. The classic urns which mark the intervals along the terrace were added in 1828.

^[[SKIP]] [[underlined]] THE GARDEN OF MR. AND MRS. MILES WHITE, JR., [[/underlined]] near Baltimore

[[margin]] [[red dot]] [[/margin]] [[underlined]] 46. [[/underlined]] In 1847 this garden was laid out by David Wilson, and has been restored most carefully, the original design being followed.