﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  179 
  

  

  which 
  vines 
  are 
  now 
  

   growing 
  close 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  

   placed 
  along 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

   Vines 
  are 
  also 
  clam- 
  

   bering 
  up 
  around 
  

   the 
  columns 
  which 
  

   form 
  the 
  temple-like 
  

   structure. 
  

  

  A 
  Roman 
  table 
  

   of 
  marble 
  with 
  

   carved 
  standards 
  

   stands 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  court. 
  Step- 
  

   ping 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  

   patio, 
  a 
  short 
  walk 
  

   leads 
  to 
  the 
  formal 
  

   garden 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  Shrewsbury, 
  

   which 
  is 
  laid 
  out 
  in 
  

   a 
  formal 
  manner, 
  

   and 
  is 
  planted 
  with 
  

   both 
  perennials 
  and 
  

   annuals. 
  A 
  sun-dial 
  

   and 
  terra 
  cotta 
  pots 
  

   ornament 
  the 
  walks 
  

   of 
  the 
  garden. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  plants 
  

   as 
  an 
  edging 
  or 
  bor- 
  

   der 
  to 
  the 
  flower- 
  

   beds 
  doubles 
  its 
  

   blooming 
  capacity 
  

   and, 
  when 
  the 
  area 
  

   of 
  one's 
  garden 
  is 
  

   restricted, 
  is 
  of 
  

   value 
  from 
  an 
  eco- 
  

   nomic 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   from 
  an 
  esthetic 
  

   point 
  of 
  view. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  few, 
  if 
  any, 
  beds 
  but 
  what 
  are 
  improved 
  by 
  the 
  

   addition 
  of 
  some 
  low 
  growing 
  plant 
  around 
  the 
  edge, 
  bring- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  flower-bed 
  into 
  closer 
  relation 
  with 
  the 
  sod, 
  without 
  

  

  Steps 
  Lead 
  to 
  the 
  Patio 
  with 
  Its 
  Balustrade 
  Enclosure 
  

  

  ample 
  for 
  the 
  demands 
  made 
  upon 
  

   of 
  the 
  owner, 
  and 
  environed 
  in 
  

   manner. 
  

  

  any 
  intervening 
  

   strip 
  of 
  bare 
  soil. 
  If 
  

   a 
  plant 
  that 
  gives 
  

   bloom 
  is 
  in 
  harmony 
  

   with 
  the 
  taller 
  occu- 
  

   pant 
  of 
  the 
  bed, 
  so 
  

   much 
  the 
  better. 
  

   This 
  is 
  what 
  the 
  

   gardener 
  has 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  tried 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  

   this 
  particular 
  case, 
  

   and 
  though 
  the 
  illus- 
  

   trations 
  show 
  a 
  very 
  

   slow 
  growth, 
  it 
  is 
  

   what 
  is 
  ultimately 
  

   intended 
  to 
  be. 
  

  

  In 
  selecting 
  plants 
  

   for 
  the 
  beds 
  laid 
  

   out 
  in 
  a 
  formal 
  

   manner 
  much 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  has 
  been 
  

   given 
  to 
  the 
  group- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  masses 
  

   of 
  flowers 
  and 
  their 
  

   relation 
  to 
  each 
  

   other. 
  Blend 
  only 
  

   two 
  colors 
  together 
  

   and 
  only 
  those 
  that 
  

   are 
  harmonious. 
  

   One 
  mass 
  of 
  color 
  

   is 
  often 
  better 
  than 
  

   two 
  colors 
  blended. 
  

   On 
  the 
  whole, 
  

   then, 
  and 
  indeed 
  in 
  

   a 
  very 
  marked 
  way, 
  

   this 
  is 
  a 
  house 
  of 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  originality. 
  

   It 
  is 
  completely 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  its 
  site, 
  

   not 
  over 
  large 
  in 
  

   size, 
  yet 
  entirely 
  

   it 
  for 
  the 
  accommodation 
  

   a 
  thoroughly 
  charming 
  

  

  