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i 6 OD Tet -PrepMonTr SECTION —_ Sa at ST = = => — _ a ——a 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, perennials, 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. Noticeable for their wonderful size and statéliness are the many boxwood trees, sentinels of the passing years. ELLEN WILSON JAMES. [319]
