CHARLES N. LOWRIE 



frame of trees make a quiet setting for them. The 

 tea house, too, is built in a dignified classic style 

 for this reason. 



It is interesting to note that all the ornamenta- 

 tion has been reserved for this formal garden as 

 it is the center of attraction. The rest of the 

 grounds are kept quite simple. The fruit trees 

 were part of an old orchard and show how nicely- 

 such existing material can be woven into the 

 design. The pergola is the center of interest in 

 the orchard and it forms a quiet informal loung- 

 ing place. It is built in a simple modern style 

 quite different from the tea house. Side by side 

 in the same garden they would be incongruous 

 but placed as they are in no connection with one 

 another they both fill their places well. 



In the shrubbery and trees that bound the 

 various subdivisions there are many interesting 

 details of planting: there is a continuous succession 

 of bloom, much contrast of foliage texture and 

 bright winter color. It is this color of fruit and 

 branches in deciduous plant material which pro- 

 vides so much of the winter effectiveness of a 

 garden quite independent of the evergreens that 

 so often dominate and overbalance it but here 

 the evergreens have been used sparingly except in 



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