﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  327 
  

  

  ning 
  riot 
  at 
  every 
  point. 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  for- 
  

   tunate 
  enough 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  garden 
  from 
  the 
  

   water, 
  but 
  surely 
  it 
  must 
  make 
  a 
  note 
  of 
  

   wonderful 
  color 
  seen 
  from 
  without, 
  a 
  

   brilliant 
  beacon 
  of 
  light 
  on 
  this 
  grass- 
  

   grown, 
  tree-bordered 
  coast. 
  

  

  Fortunately 
  I 
  need 
  not 
  enlarge 
  on 
  the 
  

   beauties 
  of 
  the 
  garden, 
  since 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   panying 
  photographs 
  make 
  that 
  clearer 
  

   than 
  any 
  words 
  of 
  mine 
  could. 
  At 
  the 
  

   most 
  I 
  can 
  but 
  speak 
  briefly 
  of 
  it, 
  and 
  

   roughly 
  describe 
  its 
  situation. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

   open 
  garden 
  without 
  a 
  tree, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  

   no 
  tree 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  itself. 
  But 
  its 
  

   borders 
  are 
  not 
  treeless. 
  Just 
  without 
  it, 
  

   near 
  the 
  house, 
  are 
  some 
  fine 
  old 
  trees, 
  and 
  

   a 
  giant 
  oak 
  overhangs 
  the 
  boat 
  landing. 
  

   This 
  foliage 
  gives 
  the 
  garden 
  an 
  abundant 
  

   frame 
  of 
  green, 
  and 
  leaves 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   the 
  garden 
  space 
  free 
  for 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  

   flowers 
  and 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  brilliant 
  

   natural 
  colors. 
  The 
  great 
  jars 
  which 
  stand 
  

   atop 
  the 
  uppermost 
  terrace, 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  

   house, 
  undoubtedly 
  add 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  

   south 
  Italian 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  and 
  

   from 
  whence 
  it 
  derives 
  its 
  descriptive 
  name. 
  

   Pots 
  and 
  jars 
  and 
  vases 
  of 
  various 
  sorts 
  

   are 
  stood 
  upon 
  the 
  paths 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  

   walls, 
  so 
  that 
  no 
  single 
  spot 
  is 
  without 
  its 
  

   own 
  plant, 
  no 
  opportunity 
  wasted 
  that 
  

   plants 
  may 
  grow 
  and 
  flowers 
  bloom. 
  

  

  Of 
  all 
  the 
  qualities 
  that 
  go 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   garden, 
  that 
  of 
  novelty 
  is 
  distinctly 
  the 
  

   least 
  important. 
  A 
  garden 
  is 
  not 
  made 
  

   because 
  it 
  is 
  something 
  "new," 
  but 
  because 
  

   it 
  is 
  something 
  beautiful. 
  Mrs. 
  Norman's 
  

   garden 
  is 
  unquestionably 
  novel, 
  but 
  its 
  

   novelty 
  lies 
  wholly 
  in 
  its 
  situation 
  and 
  in 
  

   its 
  architectural 
  framework. 
  As 
  a 
  garden 
  

  

  An 
  Outlook 
  Over 
  the 
  Water 
  

  

  The 
  Path 
  Below 
  the 
  Upper 
  Terrace 
  

  

  