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It is said that there are thirty-six thousand linear feet of this hedge
in the formal garden with tree box outside. Some of the tree box
is over thirty feet high. Clipping the formal garden hedges each
spring is three weeks’ work for six men.
THORNFIELD
Thornfield, the ancestral home of the Scales family, is about
twenty miles from Danville. The land was granted to the first
owner by George III of England, and the original grant, signed
by the English king, is still in the possession of the family.
The brick house, beautifully situated upon an elevation that
overlooks a wide expanse of fertile country, reminds one of an
English country home. Handsome trees, boxwood and shrubs
abound. Mr. Joseph H. Scales now owns the place.
WINDSOR
Windsor, which is owned and occupied by Mr. Samuel H.
Wilson and family, is eighteen miles from Danville. The house,
built about 1860 by Samuel Pannill Wilson, and the servants’
quarters, are of brick made on the place.
This estate has never changed hands, and as there are severa!
sons, there is no doubt that the name of Wilson will forever be
associated with this attractive place. .
The gardens, which were designed by a Prussian landscape
gardener, are exclusive, and many varieties of roses, bulbs, peren¬
nials, shrubs and evergreens still abound.
One can see flower beds of the earlier days, edged with brick,
and a heart-shaped bed tells its tale of love and romance. Notice¬
able for their wonderful size and statéliness are the many boxwood
trees, sentinels of the passing years.
ELLEN WILSON JAMES.
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