THE SMALL PLACE 



picket fence in front, with the small posts, is in 

 keeping with the colonial character of the house. 

 Ampelopsis is growing over the wall to soften its 

 surface. Lilacs are massed at the corners near 

 the road, Mock Oranges are grouped near the 

 entrance gate, and Poplars are placed in two 

 balancing groups just outside the wall near the 

 corners of the house. At the entrance gate stands 

 a great Ash with an enormous spread of branches. 

 It dwarfs the house and creates the homey im- 

 pression so often unconsciously attained in old 

 farmyards through the planting of one large tree 

 near the front door. Here, it stands so far from 

 the house that it does not demand the sacrifice 

 of light usual in the older examples. The old 

 Apple trees, inside the yard, are pleasant features 

 that add to its simplicity. The narrow flower bor- 

 ders along the inside of the wall are composed of a 

 very few kinds of plants such as early Yellow Day 

 Lilies, Madonna Lilies, Larkspurs, and Phlox. 

 They are planted not with the idea of producing 

 a carefully arranged border that would attract 

 particular attention but with the idea of breaking 

 up the long straight wall surface with a few in- 

 teresting plants whose color would be refreshing 

 against the gray of the stone. As the fore-court 



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