The Pergola and Its Planting 



The Entrance to the Pergola 



A Garden in Massachusetts: 



THE quiet beauty of the summer garden is seldom 

 more delightfully illustrated than in the charming 

 grounds arranged by Miss Tower at Lexington, 

 Mass. Nature, if requiring assistance, is here surely 

 assisted in precisely the way that yields the best result 

 and the utmost beauty. The formality of the general 

 arrangement, of the plan, is just sufficiently pronounced 

 to give emphasis and orderly arrangement. The gar- 

 den needs this, but often enough the formality of the 

 arrangement is so developed that even the flower 

 growth and blooming are subordinated to it. 



Nothing of this sort can be said of Miss Tower's 

 beautiful garden. Order and arrangement there must 



An Arched Gateway 



AT. 



A Straight- away Path Bordered with Flowers 



Looking Across the 



