Probably the oldest garden in New York State is the one at Sylvester Manor, on Shelter Island, between the shores of Long Island and Connecticut. This charming little flower-plot is reached by a short flight of descending steps. Some of its old Boxwood appears in the illustration of the pool which is a part of the garden scheme. The original owners of Shelter Island were the Manhasset Indians. "In 1651 Nathaniel Sylvester came from England with his young bride, and here they planted the Box, still one of the wonders of the place, and erected the first manor-house with its oak doors and panels and mantels fitted in England, and brick tiles brought from Holland. The present house was built in 1737 with enough of the woodwork of the old house to maintain symmetry in traditions, and stands to-day as it has stood the better part of two centuries, filled with its old furniture, paintings, and curios. Here is kept the cloth of gold left by Captain Kidd and many other things that time and space forbid mentioning." The old homestead has always remained in the family in direct descent. [Illustration: PLATE V At the hour of sunset Southampton, L. I. Mrs. Peter B. Wyckoff _After an autochrome photograph by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 58 Arbor of cedars and roses alternating Southampton, L. I. Mrs. Peter B. Wyckoff _From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] [Illustration: PLATE 59 "The Orchard," Southampton, L. I. James Lawrence Breese, Esq. _From a photograph, copyright, by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 60 "The Orchard," Southampton, L. I. James Lawrence Breese, Esq. _From a photograph, copyright, by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 61] [Illustration: PLATE 62 "The Orchard," Southampton, L. I. James Lawrence Breese, Esq. _From photographs, copyright, by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 63 "The Appletrees," Southampton, L. I. Mrs. Henry E. Coe _From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] [Illustration: PLATE 64 "The Appletrees," Southampton, L. I. Mrs. Henry E. Coe _From a photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals_] [Illustration: PLATE 65 Southampton, L. I. Mrs. G. Warrington Curtis] [Illustration: PLATE 66 East Hampton, L. I. Mrs. Lorenzo E. Woodhouse _From photographs by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 67 East Hampton, L. I. Mrs. Lorenzo E. Woodhouse _From a photograph by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 68 The wild garden _From photographs by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 69 The wild garden East Hampton, L. I. Stephen Cummins, Esq.] [Illustration: PLATE 70 "Manor House," Glen Cove, L. I. Mrs. John T. Pratt _From a photograph by The J. Horace McFarland Co._] [Illustration: PLATE 71 Cedarhurst, L. I. Samuel Kopf, Esq. _From a photograph, copyright, by Miss Johnston--Mrs. Hewitt_] [Illustration: PLATE 72 Westbury, L. I. Charles Steele, Esq.]