THE SMALL PLACE 



These are particularly interesting in autumn and 

 winter when the red of the Rose stems makes a 

 contrasting note with the gray green of the Spruce. 

 Juniperus tameriscifolia, one of the numerous 

 forms of the prostrate Juniper, plays a delightful 

 little part at intervals against the brick steps of 

 the piazza. 



Between the lawn and the parterre is a wall sur- 

 mounted with a balustrade. Below the wall is a 

 flower border. The parterre is the intermediate 

 space between the house terrace and the sunny 

 flower garden. Three stairs with accompanying 

 paths lead down through it to the garden. 



The boundary of Abies concolor and Rosa nitida 

 on the lawn is continued with Ghent Azaleas 

 against Arbor Vitae on the parterre and with Pyrus 

 atrosanguinea against White Spruce in the garden. 

 The Hawthorn hedge which encloses three sides of 

 the garden is another interesting feature. In back 

 of the Hawthorn hedge evergreen and deciduous 

 trees are massed into a heavy plantation and 

 disguise somewhat the irregular slope of the 

 ground as it drops away from the garden level. 

 They form a generous boundary for the garden. 

 The varying green of White Spruce, Cedars, Scotch 

 Pine, White Pine, and Hemlocks makes a pleasant 



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