THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



part of rock overhanging the Atlantic, is a series 

 of small gardens on a property of three acres. The 

 forms and flowers of these gardens send one's 

 thoughts swiftly to divers beautiful parts of the 

 earth. The house in this case has a site of great 

 picturesqueness. It is also true that good minds 

 as well as good gardeners have been at work here. 

 Ingenious, indeed brilliant, use has been made of 

 boldly varying levels, of the suddenly changing out- 

 lines of the property as a whole, of the glorious 

 outlook upon the sea. 



Entrance to the house from the highroad is 

 obtained through a bit of wooded land, passing 

 on the left the first of a group of gardens on lower 

 and yet lower levels. This is the sunken garden 

 of one hundred by fifty feet. Surrounded by a 

 broad grass walk, bordered on one side by an 

 arrangement for two periods of bloom of dahlias 

 and hollyhocks, this is an English garden of per- 

 ennials. The design shows four balanced beds, 

 with central features in the form of three circular 

 ones. Of these the middle is kept in turf, the 

 endmost circles delightfully planted as color-har- 

 monizing foci for their gay surroundings, in hues 

 of lavender and white. One of these circles is 

 filled with white geranium bordered by lavender- 



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