A JAPANESE GARDEN! 



Under a Chicago Sky 



Robert H. Moulton 



A NOTABLE example of what can be accomplished in the way of 

 landscape art on a small plot of ground is found in this little 

 garden of Mr. Frederick Bryan which measures only eighty feet 

 square. So perfectly is everything proportioned and so artistically 

 have the various features been laid out by the Japanese landscape 

 architect that the garden seems in fact much larger. The high sur- 

 rounding hedge gives it exclusiveness and, once inside, the visitor 

 feels that he has stumbled into a corner of Japan itself. 



Formerly a bit of unbroken green lawn, the garden of to-day is 

 channeled by a winding stream and decked with all the variety 

 characteristic of the perfectly Japanese. An ingeniously constructed 

 little lake now teems with higoi (golden carp of the J apanese variety) ; 

 flowers, shrubs, plants, and trees are Japanese; and across the stream 

 leading from the little lake is a Japanese bridge of quaint design. 



The teahouse itself, measuring about sixteen feet square, was con- 

 structed by Japanese carpenters without nails. Lanterns are strung 

 under the overhanging eaves, and many metal lanterns adorn differ- 

 ent parts of the garden, while one of the most effective touches of all 

 is a miniature of Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Japan. 



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