﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  421 
  

  

  Great 
  Masses 
  of 
  the 
  Same 
  Flower 
  Are 
  Kept 
  Distinct 
  in 
  Formal 
  Beds 
  

  

  diflerent 
  flowers 
  together 
  for 
  borderings, 
  

   with 
  due 
  regard 
  to 
  difference 
  in 
  height, 
  

   while 
  each 
  variety 
  is 
  kept 
  distinct 
  in 
  the 
  

   formal 
  beds 
  occupying 
  the 
  center. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  

   poppy 
  beds, 
  whose 
  dainty, 
  fragile 
  flowers 
  

   show 
  a 
  rich 
  variety 
  of 
  coloring; 
  and 
  a 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  tended 
  pansy 
  bed, 
  with 
  face-like 
  blos- 
  

   soms 
  of 
  remarkable 
  size. 
  Beyond 
  is 
  a 
  bed 
  

   of 
  Japanese 
  lilies; 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  dian- 
  

   thus; 
  and 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  bed 
  of 
  ten-week 
  

   stocks. 
  

  

  A 
  glance 
  at 
  the 
  border 
  shows 
  all 
  these 
  

   flowers 
  charmingly 
  intermingled 
  with 
  long 
  

   plumes 
  of 
  larkspur, 
  or 
  spear-like 
  leaves 
  

   and 
  butterfly 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  iris, 
  

   or 
  dainty 
  golden 
  stars 
  of 
  coreopsis. 
  They 
  

   revel 
  and 
  run 
  riot 
  with 
  phlox, 
  calendula 
  

   and 
  hollyhock, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  set 
  against 
  

   a 
  rich 
  background 
  of 
  pines, 
  birches 
  and 
  

   poplars. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  is 
  distinctly 
  an 
  individual 
  

   one 
  — 
  but, 
  then, 
  all 
  gardens 
  are 
  that. 
  For 
  

   even 
  when 
  the 
  same 
  plants 
  and 
  shrubs 
  are 
  

   grown 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  individuality 
  of 
  effect 
  

   often 
  without 
  thought 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  end 
  

   reached. 
  Here, 
  however, 
  we 
  have 
  an 
  eminently 
  distinctive 
  

   garden 
  decorated, 
  embellished 
  and 
  beautified 
  with 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  simple 
  means. 
  The 
  architectural 
  treatment 
  is 
  modest, 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  confined, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  to 
  the 
  

   boundaries 
  and 
  outlines. 
  Even 
  when 
  the 
  

   central 
  fountain 
  is 
  finally 
  put 
  in 
  place 
  there 
  

   will 
  be 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  architectural 
  enrich- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  which 
  many 
  gardens 
  are 
  em- 
  

   bellished. 
  Yet 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  sense 
  of 
  lack- 
  

   ing 
  here, 
  for 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  beautifully 
  

   planted, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  true 
  floral 
  beauty 
  that 
  

   is 
  really 
  its 
  own. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  garden 
  of 
  flowers, 
  and 
  hence 
  is 
  a 
  

   garden 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  type. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   garden 
  of 
  flowers 
  agreeably 
  planted 
  and 
  

   wisely 
  chosen. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  garden 
  of 
  gay- 
  

   blooming, 
  sweet-scented 
  flowers, 
  where 
  one 
  

   seeks 
  — 
  and 
  finds 
  — 
  nature's 
  beauty 
  only, 
  

   and 
  finds 
  it 
  beautifully 
  arranged. 
  

  

  Here, 
  then, 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  nature's 
  treasure 
  

   spot 
  that 
  will 
  bloom 
  and 
  grow 
  yearly 
  on 
  

   Massachusetts's 
  beautiful 
  North 
  Shore. 
  

   It 
  is 
  but 
  the 
  simple 
  truth 
  to 
  add 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   but 
  one 
  of 
  such 
  natural 
  adornments 
  spread 
  

   out 
  below 
  this 
  fair 
  blue 
  sky; 
  yet 
  it 
  has 
  its 
  

   own 
  note 
  of 
  loveliness 
  and 
  its 
  own 
  indi- 
  

   vidual 
  character. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lane's 
  garden 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  illustration 
  

   of 
  the 
  decorative 
  value 
  of 
  gardens. 
  It 
  has 
  

  

  The 
  Garden 
  Is 
  Surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  High 
  Ornamental 
  Fence 
  

  

  been 
  planned 
  and 
  planted 
  as 
  a 
  decorative 
  adjunct 
  to 
  an 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  house 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  an 
  interesting 
  estate, 
  and 
  the 
  

   interest 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  place 
  is 
  heightened 
  by 
  it. 
  

  

  