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The Garden Magazine, September, 1921 



Clarence Fowler, Landscape' Architect 



GARDEN OF MRS. NEWBOLD EDGAR, SOUTHAMPTON, L. I. 



Full of cool tints — blue, mauve, pink, and white — the color scheme of this garden is well chosen for the summer seaside season. Per- 

 ennials for July and August bloom monopolize the right hand bed; opposite flourish Zinnias, Sweet Alyssum, Ageratum, and Ivy 



The Proper Emplacement 



POSITION of the garden in relation to the house and to 

 the rest of the grounds is a first consideration. It should 

 be an extension of the house out-of-doors, or a place where one 

 can go to enjoy the flowers. A garden house and pool and 

 other architectural ornaments may often become part of the 

 composition; if the space is extensive the pool may be large 

 enough to reflect its surroundings and also be used for Water- 

 lilies and other aquatic plants. 



There should be an enclosing hedge or wall, with a back- 

 ground of trees and shrubs, as an enframement for the flowers. 

 Sunshine, which is so essential for plants, must be taken into 

 consideration when the boundary is planned. Each garden 

 presents a separate problem in design and use of planting ma- 

 terial; but above everything else it should harmonize with its 



surroundings. The lines must, from necessity, be quite formal, 

 to carry out the lines of the architecture. But the planting, if 

 properly selected and treated, will soften the straight lines and 

 give the appearance of informality. 



FORM of the beds and the arrangement of walks and open 

 spaces must have consideration before the selection of 

 plants. The material for the walks depends to a great extent 

 on the surroundings. Grass is the least desirable on account 

 of its upkeep. If the low growing flowers fall over on the sides, 

 a bare spot will surely be left or the lawn mower will cut them 

 off the plants and make them unsightly; and the constant walk- 

 ing through the centres is apt to wear down the turf before the 

 end of the season. Although attractive to the eye, a grass walk 

 is to be avoided unless one is prepared to give it as much care 

 as the flowers in the beds. A stone of neutral tone is usually 



