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water. Where steep hillsides demand a straight, 

 stiff, formal wall to confine the weight of soil, trailers 

 are encouraged to flourish at the top; and drooping 

 down over the outer wall they are caught on quaint 

 trellises and made to transform the ugly spots of 

 barren wall surfaces. 



One of the most interesting types of outer-wall 

 embellishment to be found in this country displays 

 a succession of bloom and the fascination of running 

 water, with comfortable seats at enchanting view- 

 points, on the Woodward estate known as "Krish- 

 eim" at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. With the 

 house standing high on a hill top, and with the upper 

 gardens out of view from the roadways winding 

 through the grounds, there has been no necessity for 

 erecting walls for giving privacy to the home sur- 

 roundings. The walls supporting the various hill ter- 

 races have accordingly been turned to face the public 

 in true French fashion. The result is truly fascinat- 

 ing. Few of the wall adornments of castle hill gardens 

 of France can compare with those of the Woodward 

 estate. From the time of the earliest spring-bulb 

 blooms, before the snow has left the ground in shel- 

 tered places, throughout the heat of summer, and 

 until snow flies again, these sheltered, moist earth- 

 pockets send forth their profusion of bloom from 

 every known bulb and perennial that can be made 



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