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On the west is a group of gnarled and twisted box trees, pre¬
sumably as old as the house. The paling-fence, on the same side,
is bordered with masses of red lilies and purple iris. Looking
farther to the west, one sees the family burying-ground where
many generations of Berkeleys rest from their labors.
Less than a mile from Airwell, and plainly visible from the
garden, is another old home of the Berkeleys, Edgewood, which
stands in a grove of magnificent oaks and poplars. Here may
be found some large single red roses with wide yellow centers,
which are known in the neighborhood as. “Offley roses.”’
These roses and their local name come from Offley, another
house that once stood not far away on a part of this same Nelson
grant. There the widow of General Nelson took refuge from
Yorktown during the Revolution and made her home for some
years thereafter, and there she doubtless gave tender care to the
very roses from which these come.
With this in mind, one naturally feels that their parent rose
in all probability was brought from Yorktown by their mistress,
and cherished by her as a reminder of the fine old home she had
left down by the York.
Many thoughts of bygone owners and their pleasure in these
old gardens haunt us as we wander through them, and that is the
reason they are so treasured by their descendants.
Lucy LANDON NOLAND.
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