THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



sunlight, the roses and the fountains, of this 

 so evidently cherished garden. 



Writing first of the picture shown here, the 

 garden's owner says: "This is taken from the 

 edge of a fountain basin looking toward the house. 

 The trees are Italian cypress, and oaks in the 

 extreme background. 



"The large bushes in the foreground are: right, 

 the yellow Southern jasmine, Thuya aurea, fifteen 

 feet high; pale-purple veronicas; the rough stone 

 copings laid in sand along the paths are covered 

 with Ficus repens. Left, Southern jasmine, Laurel 

 nobilisy Swainsonia, and various small things. 

 This left bed is filled with Camellia Japonica in 

 different colors, which bloom profusely from No- 

 vember to May and are too perfect for words. 

 They are small yet, not more than four feet high. 

 There are palms alike in each bed, the Chamerops 

 excelsa, whose very delicate fanlike leaves quiver 

 with the faintest breeze. At the second steps 

 there is a high green clipped hedge which encloses 

 and also separates the Little Garden from the 

 forecourt, in which there are only the lawn and 

 the oaks with a stone railing. 



"It was in 1902 that we began taking the scat- 

 tered rocks and bowlders out of the small piece of 



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