A secluded sunKen garden where tender bedding plants appear at their best. 

 Here they do not bring a discordant note into the landscape. A formal arrange- 

 ment which suits a formal situation. Mostly geraniums and cannas 



A garden that is attractive both winter and summer. This formal garden is 

 composed almost exclusively of hardy evergreens which always give a glimpse 

 of life and cheer from the home windows. Yonkers, N. Y. 



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A large formal rose garden in which "standard roses" are the dominant fea- 

 ture. A "standard" is a shrub grown in tree form. A popular idea in England, 

 but rarely successful here. Mrs. Spencer TrasK's, Saratoga, N. Y. 



The garden of a collector where one may grow every variety of his favorite 

 flower and rejoice in the merit of each. A place where you may forget your 

 troubles and be an amateur BurbanK. Iris maKes a good hobby 



Water lilies naturalized on a large scale at small expense by an enthusiastic A Japanese garden in a village yard. The owner had the wisdom to give a 



amateur who enjoys outwitting musKrats, turtles and other enemies. Every first-class Japanese gardener a free hand and he is better satisfied than if he 



stream and pond should have water lilies and fish to devour mosquito larvae had imposed ideas of his own 



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