Aug. 28—A garden on Rockhill Avenue attracted our attention the other day: the layout was different from the usual style seen in Shanghai. A "white house" dominates the whole garden; this building is of American colonial architecture, six huge pillars being arranged on the south frontage. We shall not attempt to describe the shape of the garden, there are so many attractive corners in it that the task is almost impossible. Close to the entrance we saw a group of cherries and pines over a groundwork of roses and violets. We also noticed some podocarpus, liquid amber, and of course, the ubiquitous willow. On the opposite side of the driveway we saw groups of various trees and plenty of laurels, In passing, we may refer to the fine display of berries to be seen on these trees this year, we have seen some specimens literally covered with bunches of them looking like small red grapes. There is a graded lawn on the east side of the drive with masses of yellow cosmos and scarlet canna in groups along the boundary. On the west side, the lawn is also graded and it is this grading that makes the garden so different from the usual style: there is space for tennis; but it would not be comfortable to play with one end of the court many feet lower than the other: the "home" team would have the advantage every time. The driveway leads to a point between the stables and the residence and in the carriage turn close, to the house we saw a perfect cedar, and, around the outside edge, a row of healthy camellias sheltered from wintry winds by a wall connecting the buildings and forming part of the architectural scheme. Steps lead to the verandah from the circle, but in front, the lawn is level with it and there are no flower beds to obstruct free access. We observed a group of crape myrtles in the garden in full flower (this tree has enjoyed a long flowering season this year) and in a mixed corner group, we saw a lace-bark pine and some hollies, while near by there was a pecan tree, looking very healthy despite the fact that it is growing far away from its natural habitat. In the distance we noticed more batches of zinnias and cannas planted amongst groups of magnolias, some attractively planted mounds nature training track. The eyes of the Ponies in their boxes followed every move we made in this area: did they expect us to pull a few carrots for them or were they acting as
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