THE COUNTRY YARD 



roses. In the roomier yard of the village, trees 

 are also a possibility; hence, the shaping and dis- 

 position of the beds will be with reference to 

 keeping their contents out of the shade. Larger 

 flowers, too, can be used in the decorative scheme 

 than can be well employed in the city, for, 

 whereas a row of dahlias might seem dispropor- 

 tionate to a space in town, they would harmonize 

 with the large surroundings of a country place. 

 Then, the accidents of topography give chance 

 for pleasant diversities from custom in the gar- 

 den plan. For example, if there is a stone-pit, 

 or a ledge, or a boulder at the end of the yard. 

 It can be draped with vines and it becomes an 

 element of the picturesque. Over in the Bronx 

 country, opposite Fort George, New York, there 

 Is a villa which has, not behind it, but boldly 

 planted in Its front, just as the glacier left It, a 

 sunken boulder which has been treated In this 

 manner, and It Is worth a good deal more, as a 

 scenic feature, than much of the smugness to be 

 found elsewhere. Again, It may be that a brook 

 or little river will cross your property, and it can 

 be shallowed and widened Into a bay where you 

 may plant water-lilies; or, If there Is a boggy 

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