The Garden Magazine, January, 1922 



This is one of the many cases where 

 it is better to err on the side of 

 underdoing rather than overdoing. 

 A Japanese Barberry hedge is used 

 to keep animals and people from 

 walking on the front lawn. 



In this plan the flower garden 

 consists of a small informal border 

 of perennials, enclosed on three sides 

 by shrubs. It has been placed so 

 that it will get the sunshine during 

 the greater part of the day; and as 

 it is fairly near the house, one can 

 enjoy its beauty from there or from 

 the small raised terrace opposite. 

 This terrace, by the way, would be 

 a good place to make a "surprise" 

 of a bed of hardy Ferns, as they 

 could be banked in around the seat 

 there, and should grow well in the 

 shade. In locating the garden, note 

 this point: it should not be placed 

 where its bright colors will distract 

 the eye from any charming bit of 

 scenery beyond, but rather placed 

 where it will attract the eye to 

 itself instead of letting it wander 

 to some unsightly object beyond 

 the boundary and which you are 

 powerless to hide. 



ANOTHER method of carrying 

 t out the general idea has the 

 service portion and the front lawn 



THE GENERAL LAYOUT. 

 Two elaborations are shown below 



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area much the same, except that 

 a low wall replaces the Barberry 

 hedge along the street front; the 

 shade trees are arranged a little 

 differently; and the large corner 

 bed of the foundation planting has 

 been placed away from the house 

 to allow for a walk between, and to 

 bring it far enough out into the 

 lawn to make it serve as a screen 

 for the living area. One would not 

 want the grocer's boy to get into 

 the habit of using the turnstile in 

 the corner, but it would be very 

 handy to anybody hurrying out in 

 that direction. 



A feature is made of the Hemlock 

 hedge, and a grove of the same ma- 

 terial. A stepping-stone walk be- 

 tween the hedge and a bed of 

 flowering shrubs gives a chance for 

 various surprises (fancy Ferns, 

 wild flowers, possibly a seat, or a 

 bird-bath), and leads one out to the 

 terrace in the rear where there is a 

 good seat. Here one may either 

 admire the view in the rear, or the 

 sunken garden straight ahead. The 

 garden is enclosed on two sides by 

 a wall, on the third by a hedge, and 

 on the fourth by the retaining wall 

 of the terrace. By such means is 

 variety obtained in our garden en- 

 closures. Looking from the house, 



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A simple massing of screen planting, etc., on the left. The detailed development 

 on the right is but another suggestion of details for carrying out the general plan 



