Plate 1.t2. An Itnliiiu Garileu 



OP LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



A BEAUTIFUL VISTA 



This is not a formal walk. It is merely a ramble through a 

 grove. On the right is a perfect thicket of rugged natives, such 

 as Hemlock Spruce, Beech, Prickly Ash, and Sumac. The fore- 

 ground on the left has a colony of Yucca and Bocconia Cordata; 

 beyond it is composed of a wild growth of native trees and shrubs. 



This class of work is adapted only for large properties which 

 have a wood-lot adjunct. The plantings are very dense, and this 

 walk is simply the entrance, which reaches the residence by a 

 winding way. A large variety of trees is used and they are 

 planted promiscuously without any regard to formality except to 

 make this approach. The effect is romantic. A poet would call 

 it Cupid's trysting-place. The imaginative reader can see the 

 flight of his barbed darts as they speed from heart to heart, and 

 hear the sighs of men and maidens who are tenderly touched 

 with the exquisite agony of love's sweet pain. 



AN ITALIAN GARDEN 



View of an Italian garden from the loggia or tiled court 

 adjoining the house. All the architectural embellishments are 

 of chiseled stone, including the Tuscan columns of the pergola, 

 the settee and the balustrade surrounding the garden. The ever- 

 green trees are the George Peabody Golden Arbor Vitas, or 

 Thuya Lutea. The plants in urns are tender exotics that require 

 housing in a greenhouse during the winter. 



Beyond the pergola is the natural garden. The ground is 

 rolling, several ravines corrugating the surface in a number of 

 ridges. One of the ravines is converted into a little rivulet, 

 across which a natural bridge is built, the bridge itself support- 

 ing two large Bittersweet vines, whilst the borders are heavily 

 planted with shrubs. Another ravine is used as a fernery, where 

 many varieties of this peculiar family of plants are grown. One 

 ridge is completely planted to fruit-trees, and on another is a 

 pavilion adjoining a plateau which is utilized as a tennis court. 



