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peculiar, but it is 

 very distinct, and 

 Mr. Gillespie has 

 enhanced it by 

 planting close to 

 the sides of the 

 pavement a wall of 

 green in clipped 

 foliage. He admits 

 that the idea is not 

 original, having 

 seen the same ef- 

 fect produced in a 

 garden in the sad- 

 fated island of 

 Martinique many 

 years ago. 



It is strange that 

 in this age when we 

 are so prone to lay 

 waste our powers, 

 there should de- 

 velop a sudden 

 taste for this most 



delicate and poetical phase of gardening among the people 

 who are building beautiful homes. 



One has but to look at the illustration of Mr. Canfield's 

 garden (Fig. 4) to imagine nymphs, nereids and naiads in 

 the deep shadows of the trees. The Tritons blowing their 

 conch shells of spray in the fountain, are given a setting 

 in the surrounding trees, in the mingling of marble with 



flowers and foliage, 

 which make them 

 appear perfectly at 

 home; if there is an 

 intruder in this syl- 

 van spot it is not 

 the Deity, who has 

 been placed here to 

 guard and give it 

 character, but the 

 visitor w^ho is out 

 of tune with its 

 classic beauty. I he 

 man who conjures 

 from a bit of roll- 

 ing ground such an 

 effect as has been 

 secured here, surely 

 combines the feel- 

 ing of the painter, 

 the sculptor and the 

 poet with a deep 

 """" and passionate un- 



derstanding of na- 

 ture's necromancing possibilities. To him her dim shades 

 must be haunted by woodland creatures, amongst his flowers 

 Proserpine might wander and Aphrodite be tempted to 

 bathe in his pool. 



This pool is the central point of interest in such a gar- 

 den and the planting of the trees and shrubbery and the 

 surrounding flowers which will be reflected in it, should be 



Fig. 5 — The huge leafed lotus of the Nile 



Fig. 6 — At the head of the walk, with a stream flowing through it, stands a white columned pergola 



