A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



at the time of tulip bloom, little colonies of 

 Narcissus poeticus are in flower. These, the only 

 white in the garden since the general scheme is 

 lavender and pale to bright rose, give that deU- 

 cate effect which is foimd when stevia, gypso- 

 phila, and other fine-flowering whites are added 

 to bowls or bouquets of subjects which are de- 

 cidedly strong in form and color. 



On leaving the garden by its gateway toward the 

 house, it is a marvel to lift one's eyes from aU 

 this beauty within formal limits and above a bar 

 of dark hedge to see long garlands of wistaria in 

 full bloom along the old stone wall of the spring- 

 house, the quaint little building without which 

 no Pennsylvania or Maryland farm-woman in the 

 old days was expected to perform the duties of 

 a housewife. The spring-house now serves as a 

 studio. 



Too much can never be said of the charm of 

 the Pennsylvania farmhouse — the old farm- 

 house, generally of blue limestone most beauti- 

 fully laid. The proportions of some of these, 

 their delicacy of color, and their comfortable, 

 convenient placing and rare environments of fine 

 tree groupings make the old rural architecture 

 of that State a thing to covet and enjoy. Those 



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