OGLESBY PAUL 



on the main axis — the octagonal pool ornamented 

 with four clipped Box balls stands in the center 

 of a little piazza. Beyond the pool is the lawn 

 which is the central picture of the triptych. Old 

 Apple and Pear trees, that have roses climbing 

 up the trunks, are scattered over it and give it 

 a quaint old-fashioned look. The lawn is edged 

 on its four sides by flower borders. When I first 

 saw these borders, early in June, they were mainly 

 blue and white with touches of cream and pink. 

 There were clumps of Iris and groups of Lupines 

 at more or less regular intervals with Columbines 

 scattered in between. I saw them again the last 

 of June. Then the Madonna Lilies were out in 

 great numbers. Larkspurs were sprinkled through 

 the borders in delicate groups and pink Sweet 

 William was out, making almost too thick a mat. 



At the farther end of the lawn a wall extends 

 across the whole width of the property. The 

 old-time spirit of the garden is expressed best 

 perhaps in this wall with its gray cement finish, 

 its brick coping, its vines — ^Actinidia and Grape, 

 Honeysuckle and Roses — that are making a tangle 

 over it. This same quaintness is accentuated 

 in its architectural features. At one end is an 



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