ELIZABETH BOOTES CLARK 



color of the mortar in building the new under- 

 structure demanded a certain nicety of feeling. 

 The old quarry that furnished the stone for the 

 house and for the old wall was unearthed on the 

 place and it yielded the stone for all the new gar- 

 den construction. The old spring house and out- 

 door oven, that stand beside the garden, are other 

 examples of this fine old stone work that gives so 

 much character to the place. 



The retaining wall has given an interesting 

 opportunity for wall planting. Sometimes it is 

 pleasing to cover the entire wall with a hanging 

 carpet of varied color, but here the plants are used 

 only in a moderate way to soften the bareness of 

 the stone without hiding the wall. The wall is so 

 long, however, — about eighty feet, — that many 

 different kinds of plants are used in small groups. 

 The flowers are there, not to demand undivided 

 attention, but are to solicit momentary interest. 

 They are used, not as a dominant feature, but as a 

 decorative touch of color. 



Cedars, Juniperus virginiana glauca, border the 

 other long side of the terrace. When they spread 

 into a continuous boundary, the terrace will at- 

 tain all the cool and shadow flickered charm of a 

 bowling green. 



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