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Garden Pictures With Simple Material 



Photographs by JESSIE TARBOX BEALS 



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HE doctrine of massed planting has been 

 preached over and over again, by various 

 writers in 



marvellous splendor. Stepping stones, leading from 

 the porch to the garden walk, form a rather unexpected 



feature. Great 



various 

 publications, but 

 how many amateurs 

 realize what massed 

 planting really 

 means? To the 

 person with a small or medium 

 sized garden, 50 or 100 plants 

 of any one kind is a stupendous 

 collection ; but it is only by such 

 quantities that rich, glowing 

 colors can be obtained and the 

 appearance of comfort, well- 

 being and permanence given 

 to the garden. 



In this Maine garden, there 

 is not a profusion of many kinds 

 of flowers, but each bed is de- 

 voted to one variety and many 

 plants of it. The house faces 

 the sea, and is built with a wide 

 central hall with front and back 

 doors, so that when standing in 

 the middle of the garden one 

 can look through the house and 

 see the water in the distance. 

 Planted close to the house, on 

 both sides of the small porch, 

 covered with Virginia creeper 

 and crimson rambler rose, is 

 Spiraea rotundifolia, which, 

 when in full bloom, makes a 



hedges of Rosa 

 rugosa extend either 

 side of the main 

 walk, and form a 

 boundary line be- 

 tween the house and 

 the garden. Two large beds of 

 lupin are directly beyond the 

 hedge, and are separated by a 

 cross garden walk from beds of 

 foxglove. Another of the beds 

 is devoted to German iris, a 

 mass of beauty in June, and so 

 on. One plant, and quantities 

 of it, in one place. 



The garden is enclosed on two 

 sides by a pergola covered with 

 vines, in front of which are 

 planted poppies, hollyhocks, col- 

 eus, and many of the other 

 plants that always make a 

 hardy border, with its continual 

 bloom, so interesting. 



An interesting and rather 

 distinctive feature in this garden 

 are the broad grass borders to 

 the flower beds, which serve 

 to enhance the beauty of the 

 flowers. The vine clad walls 

 of the house serve as a fitting 

 background for such beautiful 

 pictures. 



Scenes in a Maine garden which illustrate how rich effects are produced by using a few plants in heavy masses 



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