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House & Garden'. 



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The foliage of trees forms a background to the brick K'aW, ijchich encloses the formal garden with its pool mirroring the branches 

 and sky, its stretches of turf and flagged uialks. It is an ornate creation in a rugged setting — each the richer by the contrast 



A W A LLED GARDEN SET IN THE WOODS 



On the Place of Henry G. Laphavi, Esq., at Brookline, Mass., Has Been 

 Made a Formal Garden of Great Distinction 



THIS garden was designed to serve as an 

 adjunct to the house. The problem was 

 a difficult one for the reason that the main 

 grounds were purposely left in a natural state, 

 the only artificial element being the garden 

 proper. 



This is surrounded by a brick wall at the 

 rear of which is a natural park where fine 

 trees and shrubs with effective ground cover 

 are planted to good advantage and where many 

 wild flowers are encouraged to grow and 

 blossom. The background of trees brings out 

 to advantage the brick wall with its topping of 

 cement and proves an effectual wind-break. 



Leaving the house proper, one treads a 

 stretch of soft green turf, which is the central 

 feature of the upper garden. This follows the 

 gradual slope of the land and is surrounded 

 by by-paths that lead down to broad steps. 

 Boxes filled with yellow pansies, vincas and 

 purple pansies stand at regular intervals. 



The planting is especially interesting. It 

 is mainly evergreen and indiwles spruces, hem- 



locks, junipers, dwarf evergreens, cactus and 

 Japanese pines, together with broad leaf ever- 

 greens such as rhododendrons and leucothoes, 

 with good ground covers planted beneath. 

 There are pansies, blue, yellow and white, and 

 violets, mingling with some of the native lilies. 



The Garden Proper 



This prepares us for the garden proper, 

 which is laid out like a great painting on the 

 landscajje. Passing down the step we enter 

 a wide Hag walk with the grass growing be- 

 tween the stones. Along the terrace wall, di- 

 viding the two sections of flowers, are lilies, 

 double hollyhocks, iris, lupins, asters, single 

 sunflowers and monkshood, as well as ever- 

 greens, deciduous trees and Japanese maples, 

 most of which are planted for winter effect. 



An oval pool has been placed in the center 

 of the design. To break its severity, there have 

 been introduced Ijaskets of fruit. Vases and 

 stone lions are introduced on the rim. Low 

 benches stand convenientlv nearbv, and bevond 



is the exedra of the curving garden wall. 



At the left and right of the pool are rect- 

 angular flower beds with small borders of 

 Japanese barberr}', and at the extreme right in 

 the upper comer, is an attractive little tea- 

 house, or gazebo. Another summer-house is 

 found on the right of the garden wall. 



The beds at the left of the water garden are 

 planted for a succession of bloom, and al- 

 though this is essentially an early summer plot, 

 yet there are blossoms until frost. Pansies, 

 violets, iris, peonies, marigolds and snap- 

 dragons, together with baby's-breath and 

 monkshood, have been planted here. Against 

 the wall are fine specimens of buddleia. As 

 an edging plant pachysandra has been used, 

 and sedum chosen to outline the lower wall. 



Xear the gate that leads out to the sur- 

 rounding ground hollyhocks have been planted 

 for color accents, while vincas, pansies and 

 l)aby"s-breath grow in and around the barberry 

 hedge. Xear the house and outside the wall 

 are massed plantings of hardy shrubs. 



