National Geographic Society Flowering plants are employed with discretion in the formal portions of the Middleton Gardens, which extend gradually into an untouched forest (see National Geographic Society text page 528). National Geographic Society A BANK OF AZALEAS: MIDDLETON PLACE Autochrome by Jacob Gayer "In the early morning, through the oaks, squirrels frisk and hurry on ceaseless errands, while mocking birds spray jewels from heavy, dew-drenched branches of azalea blossoms, as they dart in ecstasy, transposing the glory of color into song" (see text page 550). |