AN INTERESTING ILLINOIS GARDEN. 



A LAKE COUNTY 



HE GARDEN which I shall de- 

 scribe, is shown in outline in 

 the accompanying diagram. 

 Its main avenue, extend- 

 ing about 460 feet along the 

 street, lies from 75 to 80 feet 

 above the bottom of the 

 ravine shown by dotted line 

 A A ; the bottom at line B B. The ravine is 

 clothed with grand old trees of hard maple, ash, 

 oak, linden, iron-wood, etc., and underbrush, form- 

 ing a dense mass of verdure, shutting out the view of 

 neighbors across it. From the main lawn and from 

 the house porch easterly is a view of the lake, as 

 shown by dotted lines C D. The point (24), as 

 seen from the house, presents a dense wood. The 

 extreme part has three large double hard maples, 

 transplanted, and under them is a small grove of 

 sumach, intermingled with which, but more to the 

 front, are some sixty Lobelia cardinalis, transferred 

 from the neighbor- 

 ing swamp. So 

 you can imagine 

 the glorious color- 

 ing I have in view 

 from the porch. 



The improve- 

 ments made include 

 a walk and drive as^ ' 

 shown. The drive 

 leading to the barn 

 encircles a space 

 devoted to an out- 

 house, around which 

 is a bed of peren- 

 nials. The vault of 

 the outhouse is ce- 

 mented brick, car- 

 ried two feet out 

 from under the 

 house at the back. 

 This space is cov- 

 ered with a hinged 

 lid running the en- 

 tire length. Once 

 a week dry slough muck is thrown over contents and 

 the result is an outside wholly devoid of smell and of- 

 ence. It will be covered next year with Akebia qtdiiata. 

 I have been experimenting with annual vines, but they 



" EGANDALE. 



are not nearly so satisfactory as those of a hardy and 

 permanent character. 



The pillars of the porch (i) of the house are covered 

 with Akebia quinaia, and the railings with clematis, in- 

 cluding the large-flowered varieties. In front of the 

 house to the right (2) is a bed 12 feet in diameter, of 

 Iris Kicmpferi, fifteen selected varieties, which this sum- 

 mer were full of the "poor man's orchids," as I call 

 my irises. At 3 is a Tea's weeping Russian mulberry ; 

 and at 4 is a Sargent's weeping hemlock. Between 

 the house and the street is a group consisting of a 

 retinospora (golden), kilmarnock willow, dwarf varie- 

 gated catalpa, and Thuya Hoveyi. 



To the right of the road as you enter from the street 

 is a grouping of shrubs along the line of the fence 

 marked 6 in the plan. This pleases us much on ac- 

 count of the contrast of color presented in its contents, 

 namely : Prtinus Pissardii, Spircea aiirea, S. Tlittnbergii, 

 S. Reevesiana, S. retinifolia, Deutzia scahra, D. gracilis, 

 Rosa rugosa and others. 



In the center of the grass plat, surrounded by native 

 trees, is cut in the grass a handsome compound bed. 



Plan of "Egandale" Grounds 



The front division of this contains gladiolus surrounding 

 Hyacinthus candicans. Next back of this is a division 

 filled with lilacs. In two circular divisions are Eulalia 

 zebrina. In the front of the remaining division are a 



