nuts. They were broad and spreading ; their great 

 spears of white flowers were held erect above the 

 foliage as if wired. These shrubs were formally 

 placed in a line each side of a driveway. On the 

 left, in the distance, a greenhouse was screened by 

 a line of pyramidal evergreens and a mass plant- 

 ing of Weigela, the variety Eva Rathke, a really 

 ever-blooming Weigela if planted in good soil and 

 enriched in the Spring after a good liming. Large 

 clumps of Elizabeth Campbell phlox framed the 

 Eva Rathkes, the best pink phlox that grows as 

 well as the longest in flower, and Rosy Morn pe- 

 tunias edged the phlox. Spikes of pink fox-gloves 

 were here and there a great, great many. I started 

 to count them, but stopped when I had reached a 

 hundred, and I realized I had only counted a very 

 small part of them. These big mass plantings, 

 when harmonious, are nothing less than noble. I 

 wished earnestly that a certain English writer of 

 garden books had seen this massing. "That our 

 gardens were petty in massing, were petty in 

 plantings," is the criticism he made of our Ameri- 

 can gardens. He certainly had not seen this plant- 

 ing when he made that inclusive statement. 



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