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tion if the architect neglects to confer with her 

 about the trim of the library or the colour of the 

 border of the bathroom tiling, yet she will order 

 her gardener offhand to plant the garden with 

 Lilies and Roses and whatnots, and expect the 

 result to be satisfactory without giving it further 

 thought. The setting of the garden and the gar- 

 den itself are as necessary to the house as a front 

 porch, and a great deal more necessary than a 

 porte-cochere. A garden is meant to be lived in; 

 it can be made to reflect the character of the 

 owner as much as a living room or boudoir. The 

 refinement that Washington exhibited in laying 

 out the numerous paths and parterres of Mt. 

 Yernon and in planting the hedges and edgings, 

 the love and care that he zealously bestowed upon 

 his flowers and shrubs and the setting out of his 

 trees, would seem to be the best inspiration that 

 an amateur of to-day, who is anxious to make a 

 garden, and to preserve the best traditions of 

 American gardening, could seek or desire. 



The garden of Washington, however, is set in 

 a frame that cannot be reproduced, no matter 

 how many fortunes the designer may have at his 



