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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  August, 
  1 
  907 
  

  

  steps. 
  In 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  this 
  sunken 
  space 
  

   is 
  a 
  sun-dial, 
  stand- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  a 
  fragment 
  

   of 
  an 
  antique 
  col- 
  

   umn 
  planted 
  on 
  a 
  

   small 
  circle 
  of 
  grass. 
  

   This 
  is 
  actually 
  the 
  

   center 
  of 
  a 
  vast 
  

   square 
  bounded 
  on 
  

   all 
  sides 
  by 
  a 
  raised 
  

   walk, 
  and 
  reached 
  

   by 
  steps. 
  The 
  

   whole 
  of 
  this 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  is 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  

   blooming 
  plants 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  in 
  huge 
  beds, 
  

   giving 
  a 
  wonderful 
  

   effect 
  of 
  color, 
  and 
  

   presenting 
  a 
  most 
  

   entrancing 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  bloom. 
  The 
  pre- 
  

   dominating 
  quality 
  

   of 
  this 
  garden 
  is 
  its 
  

   intense 
  floral 
  activ- 
  

   ity. 
  The 
  masses 
  of 
  

   the 
  plants 
  are 
  so 
  

   great, 
  and 
  the 
  plants 
  

   themselves 
  brought 
  

   to 
  such 
  a 
  high 
  de- 
  

   gree 
  of 
  cultivation, 
  

   that 
  the 
  effect 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  almost 
  over- 
  

   powering 
  brilliancy. 
  

   A 
  high 
  brick 
  wall 
  

   separates 
  the 
  formal 
  

   garden 
  from 
  the 
  

   avenue 
  to 
  the 
  house. 
  

   The 
  main 
  path 
  that 
  

   is 
  directed 
  toward 
  it 
  

   leads 
  to 
  a 
  handsome 
  fountain 
  against 
  the 
  wall, 
  surmounted 
  

   by 
  a 
  statue 
  of 
  Neptune. 
  Water 
  lilies 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  pool, 
  

   and 
  before 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  steps 
  are 
  two 
  fascinating 
  old 
  

   leopards 
  of 
  Venetian 
  marble. 
  The 
  trees 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  

   this 
  fountain 
  and 
  those 
  beyond 
  the 
  wall 
  make 
  an 
  effective 
  

   screen 
  and 
  background. 
  As 
  one 
  stands 
  near 
  the 
  sun-dial 
  the 
  

   foreground 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  great 
  beds 
  of 
  flowers. 
  Beyond 
  are 
  

   the 
  steps 
  with 
  the 
  guarding 
  leopards. 
  On 
  either 
  side 
  are 
  

   raised 
  beds 
  of 
  flowers, 
  indicating 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  path 
  that 
  

   runs 
  above 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  garden. 
  And 
  then 
  beyond, 
  

  

  The 
  Masses 
  of 
  Plants 
  Are 
  So 
  Great, 
  and 
  

   of 
  Cultivation, 
  That 
  

  

  in 
  its 
  surroundings 
  

   of 
  richly 
  leaved 
  

   trees, 
  is 
  the 
  fountain 
  

   standing 
  against 
  the 
  

   brick 
  wall, 
  which 
  is 
  

   here 
  raised 
  to 
  suit- 
  

   ably 
  support 
  it. 
  On 
  

   the 
  left, 
  overlooking 
  

   the 
  brook, 
  one 
  has 
  a 
  

   beautiful 
  and 
  ever- 
  

   changing 
  view 
  of 
  

   the 
  ocean 
  stretching 
  

   for 
  miles 
  toward 
  

   Marblehead. 
  

  

  The 
  bridge 
  is 
  but 
  

   the 
  entrance, 
  and 
  

   does 
  not 
  form 
  a 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   scheme 
  of 
  the 
  for- 
  

   mal 
  garden. 
  The 
  

   arbor 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  path 
  from 
  the 
  

   bridge 
  is 
  itself 
  so 
  

   embowered 
  with 
  

   vines 
  and 
  trees 
  as 
  to 
  

   be 
  hardly 
  more 
  than 
  

   an 
  outline 
  in 
  the 
  

   general 
  mass. 
  The 
  

   low 
  brick 
  wall 
  that 
  

   surrounds 
  the 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  sup- 
  

   port 
  to 
  the 
  bound- 
  

   ing 
  paths, 
  and 
  is 
  

   terrace-like 
  in 
  its 
  ef- 
  

   fect. 
  The 
  outer 
  

   wall 
  of 
  brick 
  that 
  

   shuts 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  

   from 
  the 
  avenue 
  is 
  

   scarcely 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   necessary 
  screen. 
  

   The 
  fountain 
  of 
  Neptune 
  is 
  thus 
  a 
  fitting 
  climax, 
  and 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   ceedingly 
  happy 
  one, 
  to 
  the 
  symmetrical 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   garden. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  fine 
  as 
  this 
  garden 
  is, 
  

   its 
  chief 
  dependence 
  has 
  been 
  upon 
  the 
  plants 
  within 
  it 
  rather 
  

   than 
  upon 
  the 
  architectural 
  frame 
  or 
  sculptural 
  adornment 
  

   that 
  are 
  usually 
  given 
  to 
  formal 
  gardens. 
  

  

  Hence 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  garden 
  of 
  plants 
  and 
  flowers, 
  and 
  offers 
  

   a 
  distinctive 
  quality 
  that 
  the 
  architectural 
  garden, 
  burdened 
  

   with 
  structural 
  embellishments, 
  does 
  not 
  offer. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   have 
  here 
  their 
  place, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  place. 
  

  

  the 
  Plants 
  Brought 
  to 
  Such 
  a 
  High 
  Degree 
  

   the 
  Effect 
  Is 
  Brilliant 
  

  

  