Mrs. Waiter E. Lee, Fenchurch St., Guilford, Baltimore, Md. 



DIGNIFIED, but not too formal in character, pleasingly 

 arranged, both in color and design, a more distinguished 

 suburban place than this would be difficult to find. 



The planting around the open brick terraces at the front 

 of the house is effective in its use of low-growing evergreens. 

 Here one finds the Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata) mingling 

 with the glossy foliage of Abelia grandiflora, which bears its 

 arbutus-like pink flowers from July until frost. Flower- 

 bearing also, but with far showier, golden blooms, Hypericum 

 Moserianum (Goldflowerj nestles amid Juniperus tamariscifolia, 

 while the Mugho Pine, on either side of the steps, creates an 

 air of distinction. 



Nor is the garden at the rear of the house to be overlooked. 

 It is secluded from view by a tall Hemlock hedge and the 

 specimen Azaleas which stand sentinel at its entrance are in 

 May a gorgeous mass of blossom. At its east end, Juniperus 

 virgmiana forms a background for the perennials. In the spring- 

 time the delicate stars of Poet's Narcissi are succeeded imme- 

 diately by Early and Darwin Tulips; throughout the summer a 

 rainbow of color dazzles the eye — blue Delphiniums, snowy 

 white Madonna Lilies, Foxgloves, Shasta Daisies, and Phlox. 



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