A GARDEN THAT IS LET ALONE 



BERTHA SCOTT 



The Summer Home of Mrs. Emma Payne Erskine, "Lynncote," in Tryon, North Carolina, is Always 

 A-bloom Yet Never a Care — Not Because it is in a Favored Clime but Because it was Planned that Way 



ANY people — particularly those who are frequently 

 absent from home — deny themselves the pleasure of 

 a garden because of the constant care most gardens 

 require — not realizing that Nature herself with only 

 occasional aid will supply masses of bloom and color — and 

 from March until October in this latitude of North Carolina! 

 This can be accomplished with just bulbous plants, hardy 

 vines, flowering shrubs, and trees — materials which lend them- 

 selves especially well to broad handling, too. And is not the 

 ideal garden the result of having here and there a bit of har- 

 monious color, massed in proportion to the. surroundings — 

 the whole a series of pictures — rather than one spot hedged 

 off, crowded and precise? It seems to me so — and that 

 "Lynncote" meets this standard. For here is constant 

 delight to the eye everywhere. And what is more, here 



things take care of themselves, thanks to careful planning 

 and the use almost entirely of the hardy shrubs and plants 

 native to the region. 



In March the pageant begins. Entering the grounds there 

 is on one side of the arbor the soft pink of the peaches in 

 bloom, set off by the clear yellow of a border of Forsythia, 

 and on the other side bordering the walk, masses of Daffo- 

 dils and Hyacinths. This rich color, together with the tender 

 green of the Lilac and Rambler foliage has for a background 

 the depth and shadow of evergreens. Farther in can be 

 seen Magnolia grandiflora and the house in its Honeysuckle 

 bower. The Honeysuckle foliage is green here the year 

 round. 



By the time the Magnolias have faded the place begins a 

 regular carnival of bloom and fragrance that lasts through 



DRIFTING OVER THE COLORFUL STONE WALL 



Masses of Spiraea Van Houttei cast shadow patterns on 

 its surface that enliven all their portion of the garden 



ROSE EMBOWERED TO THE PROVERBIAL DEGREE 



The Ramblers at Lynncote have an exuberance that very nearly 

 smothers the cottage— but that is a Rambler's privilege 



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