From my garden. When a tulip fell off its stem, I thought this little girl's lap the perfect place to set it. I bought her at Winterthur, in Delaware, on a visit there one summer. She sits in my side garden as a symbol of hopes and dreams, under a sprawling Linden Tree, surrounded by perennials and hostas of all kinds.
Winterthur, an American country estate, is the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), an avid antiques collector and horticulturist. In the early 20th century, H. F. du Pont and his father, Henry Algernon du Pont, designed Winterthur in the spirit of 18th- and19th-century European country houses.
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