T he J I 1 ii s t r a t 



O II 



APPROPRIATE MATERIALS FOR Till SIZ] 



AN I) CHARACTE R 39 



"II ili/." garden of Mr. Larz Anderson, Brookline, Massachusetts 

 Charles A. Piatt, Architect 



A COMBINATION OF MANY MATERIALS 



WHICH IS NOT UNPLEASING 4> 



Knickerbocker Golf Club, Tenafly, Neu Jersey. Ruth Dean. 

 Landscape Architt ct 



\ GOOD DRY WALL WELL PLANTED . ... 43 

 "'I'h, Knoll," estate of Mr. Alvah Crocker, at Fitchburg, 1/ issachusetts 

 Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects 



A (iOOI) FLIGHT OF STEPS IN A RETAIN- 

 ING WALL 4- 



F'orest Hills. Long Island. Grosvenor Atterbun, Architect 



FOUNDATION PLANTING SHOULD TIE THE 



HO l.M INTO ITS SURROUNDINGS. . . 53 

 lions, of Mrs. George N. Gales, at Great Neck, Long Island. Aymar 

 Embury II, Architect 



AN INTERESTING COMBINATION OF 



MATERIALS . . 55 



Garden of R. B. Ward, Esq., at New Rochelle, New York. Thomas 

 W. Sears. Landscape Architect 



RHODODENDRONS ARE BEST COMBINED 



WITH OTHER KINDS OF PLANTS . . s; 



Forest Hills Gardens, Forest Hills. Long Island. Olmsted Brothers. 

 Landscape Architi cts 



CEDARS USED PROPERLY NEAR A HOI SI 



WALI 59 



IIou.u of Mr. W. E. Seeley. Bridgeport, Connecticut. Murphy and 

 Dana. Architects 



A N E X C E P T I O N T ( ) T H E R U L E OF NO 

 FLOWERS ABOUT THE HOUSE 

 FOUNDATION «'i 



Garden of Mrs. J. Clifton E'dgar, at Greenwich, Connecticut. Marian 

 C. Coffin. Landscape Architect 



PLANE A POND WITH THOSE TREES AND 

 SHRUBS WHICH GROW NATURALLY 



NEAR WAFER 63 



"Gravetye," estate of William Robinson. Esq., at KingSCOte, Siiss,x. 

 England. Courtesy of Mr. Thomas W. Sears 



THE CORNERS OF FLOWER BEDS ARE HERE 



REINFORCED BY SHRUBS 65 



Garden of Charles A. Piatt. Architect, at Cornish. New Hampshire 



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