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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  surely 
  required 
  rare 
  skill 
  to 
  put 
  so 
  much 
  

   of 
  interest 
  into 
  so 
  small 
  a 
  space 
  and 
  ar- 
  

   range 
  each 
  separate 
  part 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  con- 
  

   tribution 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  whole. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  until 
  you 
  have 
  walked 
  down 
  

   the 
  narrow 
  path 
  to 
  the 
  bounding 
  sea-wall, 
  

   and 
  peeped 
  over 
  its 
  upcurved 
  top, 
  that 
  you 
  

   discover 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  practically 
  all 
  made 
  

   ground, 
  held 
  within 
  a 
  stoutly 
  built 
  retain- 
  

   ing 
  wall, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  one 
  you 
  are 
  leaning 
  

   upon 
  is 
  the 
  crown. 
  And 
  why 
  not? 
  Surely 
  

   all 
  this 
  lovely 
  flower 
  growth 
  must 
  have 
  

   earth 
  in 
  which 
  its 
  roots 
  may 
  feed, 
  and 
  the 
  

   sharp 
  decline 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  coast 
  line 
  of- 
  

   fers 
  little 
  enough 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  a 
  garden 
  

   site. 
  So 
  this 
  jut 
  of 
  rock 
  — 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  little 
  

   else 
  — 
  was 
  walled 
  around 
  on 
  its 
  exposed 
  

   sides; 
  the 
  space 
  thus 
  formed 
  was 
  filled 
  in 
  

   with 
  earth; 
  and 
  then, 
  on 
  the 
  level 
  ground 
  

   thus 
  gained, 
  the 
  garden 
  was 
  laid 
  out. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  walled 
  with 
  cemented 
  borders; 
  

   paths 
  were 
  laid 
  down 
  according 
  to 
  a 
  set 
  

   diagram 
  ; 
  terraces 
  were 
  contrived 
  of 
  stone 
  

   and 
  cement; 
  two 
  great 
  columns, 
  with 
  a 
  

   pergola 
  trellis 
  were 
  stood 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  cen- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  one 
  wall; 
  the 
  furthest 
  wall 
  was 
  

   treated 
  with 
  upward 
  curves, 
  with 
  cemented 
  

   vases 
  directly 
  on 
  the 
  sea 
  ; 
  a 
  stone 
  arch 
  

   served 
  as 
  the 
  exit 
  or 
  the 
  ingress, 
  according 
  

   to 
  your 
  own 
  direction, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  an- 
  

   other 
  path; 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  center 
  was 
  filled 
  

   with 
  flower 
  beds 
  — 
  all 
  cement 
  bordered 
  — 
  

   and 
  the 
  whole 
  was 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  planting. 
  

  

  I 
  suppose 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  quite 
  right 
  to 
  

   say 
  that 
  every 
  blooming 
  plant 
  was 
  taught 
  

   to 
  bloom 
  here, 
  but 
  I 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  far 
  wrong 
  

   in 
  such 
  an 
  assertion. 
  The 
  garden 
  fairly 
  

   blazes 
  with 
  green 
  and 
  color, 
  great 
  masses 
  

   of 
  bloom 
  overhanging 
  the 
  paths 
  and 
  run- 
  

  

  Italian 
  Jars 
  on 
  the 
  Stone 
  Terrace-wall 
  

  

  Flowers 
  and 
  Paths 
  by 
  the 
  Sea 
  

  

  