Book of Gardens 



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The garden at "Glen- 

 wood," home of Mrs. 

 T. B. Wilcox, tiear 

 Portland, Oregon, is 

 laid out in a meadow 

 with towering fir 

 trees for a back- 

 ground. A wall of red 

 brick surmounted by 

 a white balustrade 

 encloses the garden . 

 The borders are 

 planted with peren- 

 nials 



Half encircled by the 

 curved pergola and 

 protected by the sur- 

 rounding woods, is 

 the lily pond. In this 

 cliniute o f Oregon 

 only a few weeks in- 

 tervene between the 

 last blooms in Decem- 

 ber and the early 

 flowers which open in 

 February. The water 

 in the lily pond is 

 rarely frozen 



A WALLED GARDEN IN THE NORTHWEST 



L. M. THIELEN, Landscape Architect 



