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in demolishing it. A spur of the ravine ran into the lawn a hundred feet 

 or so, dividing the southern end into two deep bays. I reasoned that the 

 same forces that made the spur might have deposited some rocks at its head ; 

 and I recalled an outcrop I had seen on the side of a hill in California, where 

 Nature supplied the rocks and the birds the plants. So I placed some rocks 

 in this spot and endeavoured to imitate it. 



Up to this point I had practically lost four years of precious time. But 

 now a new era began. The experience, however, had been worth a great 

 deal. It enabled me to warn my friends against the errors with which I 

 Jiad struggled. 



In mv later plantings I had combined the hardy perennials with the 

 shrubs, planting the former in masses, and not repeating the same perennial 

 at any one point of view. Each shrubbery bed is so planted that some part 

 of it is in bloom from early spring until frost. 



The wooded ravines have been left to Nature's care. Wandering up 

 and down the bank is prohibited except where walks are provided, as the 



Side yard in 1902, looking toward the house 



