﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  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 
  tilled 
  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- 
  

  

  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 
  

  

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