82 Old Time Gardens 



flower — a flower of meaning and mystery. This 

 drawing may be taken as an old-time emblem, and 

 a happy one, to symbolize the making of the beauti- 

 ful modern Rose Garden at Yaddo ; where Love, 

 with tenderest thought, has laid out the face of the 

 earth in an exquisite garden of Roses, for the happi- 

 ness and recreation of a dearly loved wife. The 

 noble entrance gate and porch of this Rose Garden 

 formed a happy surprise to the garden's mistress 

 when unveiled at the dedication of the garden. They 

 are depicted on page 81, and there may be read the 

 inscription which tells in a few well-chosen words 

 the story of the inspiration of the garden ; but 

 "between the lines," to those who know the Rose 

 Garden and its makers, the inscription speaks with 

 even deeper meaning the story of a home whose 

 beauty is only equalled by the garden's spirit. To 

 all such readers the Rose Garden becomes a fit- 

 ting expression of the life of those who own it 

 and care for it. This quality of expression, of 

 significance, may be seen in many a smaller and 

 simpler garden, even in a tiny cottage plot; you 

 can perceive, through the care bestowed upon it, 

 and its responsive blossoming, a something which 

 shows the life of the garden owners ; you know 

 that they are thoughtful, kindly, beauty-loving, 

 home-loving. 



Behind the beautiful pergola of the Yaddo garden, 

 set thickly with Crimson Rambler, a screenlike row 

 of poplars divides the Rose Garden from a luxuriant 

 Rock Garden, and an Old-fashioned Garden of large 

 extent, extraordinary profusion, and many years' 



