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a profuse and brilliant mass of crepe myrtle as this garden displays
in midsummer.
Outside of the house grounds proper are stretches of park¬
like woods enclosed by a stone wall between a mile and a half and
two miles long. his wall was constructed to a great extent by
slave laborers, as were the mansion and office themselves. A road
from the house, shaded on one side by a dense woods, carpeted
with periwinkle, and on the other by elms and mimosa trees,
leads over to’a peaceful little graveyard surrounded by a stone
wall covered with English ivy. In another direction a shaded
path strikes off from the grounds to a swimming pool. Opposite
this, there is a picturesque walk known as the ‘Lovers’ Walk.”’
This begins in the park, winds in and out through the forest
bounded by the stone wall and, after many detours, returns to its
starting point.
The mansion and some two thousand two hundred and thirty
acres of the original Staunton Hill plantation are now owned by
William Cabell Bruce, of Baltimore, the son of Charles Bruce.
LoulIsE Este BRUCE.
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