July, 1910 



THE GARDE N M A G A Z I N E 



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A "wild garden that should be charming for hundreds of years — Gen. Weld's, 

 Dedham. Pines, rhododendrons, euonymus. Beside a lake 



A seaside garden "where gardens "were thought impossible. Mrs. Wyckoff' s, 

 Southampton, N". ~Y . The tall privet hedge is a famous windbreak 



3. Get the effect of age quickly, but not by 

 means of quick-growing trees. Shun Lom- 

 bardy poplars, willows, silver maples, and 

 all such trash, for they are short-lived. 

 Instead, buy large specimens of red cedar, 

 magnolia, and flowering dogwood — trees 

 that are long-lived and will never grow too 

 big. The precious things that age can 

 give are grandeur, shade, mellowness, 

 associations. The first three can be 

 bought at a nursery or procured by the 

 mover of big trees. Extra large box- 

 wood or rhododendrons will give at once 

 imposing size and mellowness. Extra 

 large vines in pots will shade your pergola 

 the first year. 



If you live in the South, plant live-oaks, 



and turn your back on the tempter who sug- 

 gests water-oaks. 



4. Get an expert to make a general plan. 

 The wrong way to begin is to rush impul- 

 sively upon details. For example, it is wrong 

 to begin with a catalogue and make a list of 

 your favorite flowers. It is wrong to begin 

 with statues, wall fountains, or any 

 "junk." It is wrong to set one's heart on 

 any one thing, e.g., an Italian garden, a 

 Japanese garden, or a collection of standard 

 roses, for they may not fit the climate and 

 soil. Get the very best help you can. Es- 

 chew ready-made plans. No first-class de- 

 signer will make plans without seeing the 

 property, because the perfect garden must 

 grow right out of the soil. 



5. Make fitness the supreme consideration 

 — not heart's desire. The straight road to 

 perfection is not through self-gratification, 

 but through self-denial. Verily, it is easier 

 for a camel to pass through a needle's eye 

 than for a rich man to make a perfect garden. 

 "Oh, if I had only known enough to yield 

 gracefully to the expert," sigh the past 

 masters of gardening (such as Mr. W. C. 

 Egan and Mrs. Francis King), "I should 

 have saved so much money, so many humili- 

 ating disappointments, and so many years 

 of beauty!" Be warned! Garden design is 

 a fine art, so get the best help you can. 

 And if you cannot afford any, then study, 

 study, study. And above all, see gardens, 

 gardens, and still more gardens! 



Miss Sarah B. Fay's rose garden at Woods Hole, famous for the new varie- A garden that has found itself — just a simple border of hardy flowers set off 

 ties that have originated there by healthy old evergreens 



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