THE SMALL PLACE 



to the main garden but it is related to it. It is as 

 informal as the other is formal. It is left to the 

 lax attention of odd moments instead of to the 

 diligent care and constant supervision given to 

 the main garden. It is as unsymmetrical in design 

 and planting as the other is symmetrical. 



Japanese Quinces and Bush Roses, old-fashioned 

 Sweet-scented Shrub and Bush Honeysuckles, 

 fragrant Mock Oranges and Weigelas are scattered 

 through the ample beds to obstruct the view across 

 the garden. 



Many flowers grow rampant in the borders and 

 encroach upon the paths with their spreading 

 foliage. There are Hepaticas, ,Wind Flowers, 

 Bloodroots, and other spring wild flowers. There 

 are Snowdrops and Lilies-of-the-Valley, double 

 Buttercups and Snow-in-Summer with lovely gray 

 foliage. There are spring bulbs, Narcissus and 

 Tulips, Spanish Iris and Fritillaria meleagris (the 

 speckled Guinea-hen Flower). There are summer 

 bulbs, Madonna Lilies, Gold-banded Lilies, nodding 

 Japanese Lilies, and brilliant Tiger Lilies. There 

 are many-colored Gladioli. 



A few Oriental Poppies blaze forth their scarlet 

 all alone amid dark green foliage; Lychnis and 

 Monarda, Heuchera (the Coral Bell) and Lobelia 



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