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Old Time Gardens 



formal rows of flower jars with their hundreds of 

 Century plants, and the lovely light on the lovely 

 lake, serve as a delightful contrast to the clear, clean 

 lusty green of the clipped trees. This garden is a 

 beautiful ex- 

 ample of the 

 art of the topi- 

 arist, not in 

 its grotesque 

 forms, but in 

 the shapes liked 

 by Lord Bacon, 

 pyramids, col- 

 u m ns, and 

 "hedges in 

 welts," carefully 

 studied to be 

 both stately and 

 graceful. I first 

 saw this garden 

 thirty years ago; 

 it was interest- 

 ing then in its 

 well thought- 

 out plan, and in 

 the perfection 

 of every inch of 

 its slow growth ; 



bu-t how much more beautiful now, when the gar- 

 den's promise is fulfilled. 



The editor of Country Life says that the most 

 notable attempt at modern topiary work in Eng- 



Steps in Italian Garden at Wellesley, 

 Massachusetts. 



