THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



pies the basement area from which an old 

 side-hill barn had been removed. The space is 

 only about forty -five by sixty feet. Across the 

 back of the garden is a wall of rough stone 

 abput eight feet high, once the back founda- 

 tion wall of the barn. In the crevices of the 

 stones are planted ferns, ivy is trained 

 against them, and in the center, from a sim- 

 ple wall fountain, water drips with musical 

 sound into a basin below. 



High grass banks rise on the two sides of 

 the garden, and the front opens upon a beauti- 

 ful lawn, bordered with old trees and sloping 

 to the water. Steps of natural rough stone 

 lead down from the summit of one of the 

 grassy banks into the little garden; around 

 three sides, and in several formal beds set 

 in turf are planted many varieties of small 

 and rare evergreens. All are surrounded with 

 box edging, and had one not seen a like col- 

 lection of evergreens it would be impossible 

 to imagine there could be such variety of 

 form and shade from darkest to lightest 



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