THE SMALL PLACE 



planted along the front of the house, together 

 with the quiet character of the house itself, con- 

 forms with the simple Plymouth street over- 

 shadowed by old Elms. The front of the house 

 has nothing of particular interest. The attention 

 is focused upon the garden in back. 



In the beginning it was only a deep uninviting 

 hollow. Now it is an oval flower garden. In May, 

 1913, it was an unsightly dump, an ugly hole in 

 the ground. In August of the same year there 

 was a carefully arranged garden with abundant 

 bloom and color which convinces one of the effi- 

 ciency of a plan by which the work is carried 

 on skillfully and rapidly without the unnecessary 

 readjustments of haphazard and disjointed ideas. 



Its oval shape and symmetrical treatment fit 

 naturally into its sunken position. Its full ex- 

 panse is seen in a semi-bird's-eye view from the 

 house. The path on the shorter axis of the oval, 

 centering on the central doorway and terminating 

 in the generous seat under the trees, binds house 

 and garden together. A path on the longer axis 

 meets it in a circle at the center, cutting the oval 

 into four equal parts. The main lines of the design 

 have a simplicity of which one cannot tire. They 

 have a strength which holds together all the 



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