THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
1908 
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9. The best way to have cut flowers by the armful is to grow flowers for this purpose in the vegetable 10. A garden for cut flowers which has something 
garden 
First. Take the four show gardens on 
page 66 and see how much repose they have 
in them. You see that repose in No. 1, the 
great meadow where cattle feed just as in 
an English park, although this estate is 
surrounded by a large city. Again you 
see it in No. 2 in the atmosphere of seclusion 
and its suggestion of shady seats. In No. 
3, the repose element is a subtler one to find, 
but it dwells in the high walls of green on 
three sides of this tiny garden which exists 
only to give a dot of bright color im a mere 
corner of this house. As for No. 4 this 
famous Southern garden with its eleven 
acres of azaleas breathes a perfect spirit of 
restfulness and refreshment. 
Second. Let us take the four reposeful 
gardens on page 67 and see whether they 
have a fair show of flowers. In No. 5 you 
see forget-me-nots naturalized on the bank 
and the water lilies are suggested, but the 
chief glory of this woodside water garden 
is its rhododendrons. No. 6 is merely a 
hardy border, a trifle monotonous in this 
section perhaps, but having plenty of variety 
as a whole. No. 7 is a new kind of winter 
garden with real grass for a floor and birds 
flying about in it, instead of cement walks, 
potted plants in tiers and a clammy atmos- 
phere. It is not particularly showy in this 
picture, but azalea bushes are in it and 
young magnolia trees and tulips ccme right 
up out of the real earth, and the family live 
yall winter among the flowers and drink 
their tea and receive their friends upon a 
real lawn that bears no sign of “keep off 
the grass.”” No. 8 also shows no hint of 
gorgeousness, but this simple seaside walk 
is lined with many of the most glorious 
flowering trees in cultivation. 
Third. Let us take the two utility gardens 
shown on this page. See how much of 
neatness and economy No. 9 gains by 
being merged in the vegetable garden, and 
how No. ro is made more dignified by its 
seclusion. 
more than efficiency and neatness— seclusion 
Fourth. Let us take the two collectors’ 
gardens. In both the flowers are set in 
straight rows and in unit beds of rectangular 
shape, but need I point out how the other 
precious things are preserved? Surely any- 
one can see that the atmosphere of both is 
due to the shade cast by the trees, but these 
trees are not allowed to spoil either flowers 
or view. Again, in both gardens the flowers 
are lovelier because they havea background — 
the peonies have the evergreen hedge, the 
roses have the lake. 
So I say, let us specialize all we want 
to, but let us have proportion too. And 
if you wish a perfect example of proportion, 
you should get permission to see the estate 
of Professor Charles Sprague Sargent at 
Brookline, Mass., where you will see every 
department of gardening well represented, 
each in its proper place and all in harmo- 
nious order. Long may it continue to ke the 
inspiration of American Jandscape gardeners 
and of the American people! 
11. A collector's garden which exists primarily for enjoying peonies, but it also has privacy, repose, 12. A collector’s garden which is also more than a 
atmosphere and other precious things 
lot of labels and rectangular beds 
