Garden of Mrs. Vivian Spencer 



At Avondale, R. I. 



Miss Marian C. Coffin, Landscape Architect 

 Photographs by" Harry" G. Healj) 



So utterly natural in aspect is this planting, so 

 free from pretense, so in keeping with the house 

 it adorns as to leave us more than ever con- 

 vinced that simplicity is beauty's prime ingredi- 

 ent. Built by an old sea captain and now 

 altered to meet more modern needs, the house 

 is girt about with sturdy, every-day plants that 

 defy salt breezes — Marigolds and Gladiolus, 

 Phlox, Funkia, native Lilies, Roses and so on. 

 In the weather-vane, an exact copy of one of the 

 ancient caravels of Columbus, is found a final 

 appropriate touch. (See upper photograph on 

 opposite page) 



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