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SOUTH CAROLINA
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[[margin]] ^[[+]] [[/margin]] ^[[ [ ]][[underlined]] BOROUGH HOUSE [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] HILL CREST [[/underlined]] at Sumter, S. C. ^[[ ] ]]

[[margin]] [[red dot]] [[/margin]] [[underlined]] 57 [[/underlined]]. ^[[(]] [[bracketed]] The garden at Hill Crest was laid out before the Revolution, [[/bracketed]] ^[[)]]for mention is made of the garden in the records, but through that time of stress the estate was used as the headquarters of several British generals and the garden languished.

In 1818 it game into the hands of Dr. William Wallace Anderson of Maryland, scientist and horticulturist, and his taste for architecture and nature left a lasting impression on the grounds.

The garden is back of the house; there is a long central grass path which follows the old plan. On one side the planting is informal; on the other more regular, [[bracketed]] beds bordered with box and iris and filled with roses, lilies, gardenias and peonies. Many of the characteristic southern shrubs grow in profusion here, and the air is perfumed with sweet olive, rosemary and lavender. [[/bracketed]]

The late owner, Mrs. William L. Saunders, and her daughter, Mrs. Walter C. White of Cleveland, Ohio, have used great care and discretion in preserving the garden.