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T H E G ARDEN M A G AZIN E 
January, 1917 
A Winter Greeting From Andorra 
^INCE the last glory of Autumn coloring left the Trees and Shrubs 
bare of leaves, the richly colored Evergreens, bright berried Shrubs 
and dark green leaved Rhododendrons have lent a touch of cheerfulness 
and brightness to the dull gray days of late Fall, and they will soften 
the bleakness and monotony of our Winter landscape until we welcome 
again the warm days of Springtime. 
W E shall be interested to send upon request our 
catalogue, SUGGESTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE 
PLANTING, so that you may plan a planting in the 
Spring that will make your home surroundings bright and 
attractive all through next Winter’s long cold months. 
tORRAllURSERIES 
^Vm^Vamer Harper Prof.rs.tor 
CKesinu-t 
PIaiIa. 
Hill. 
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Book ready January 15th 
1877 H. H. BERGER & CO. 1917 
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Seeing the Garden by Night 
A FLOWER garden can be transformed at 
■Gt night into a veritable fairy land by the 
use of an ordinary stereopticon as a search- 
light. And if the garden be made up, even in 
part, of parallel borders and line effects, the 
magic of the searchlight creates flow’er be- 
decked lanes of unbelievable beauty. 
The instrument, preferably one using the arc- 
light, should be mounted about five feet from 
the ground, meeting the average adult’s angle 
of vision, and at least forty feet from the near- 
est points to be illuminated, and directed as 
nearly as possible, parallel with borders, rows 
and shrubbery lines. By extending the bel- 
lows and lens focus, the light stream is nar- 
rowed and condensed, and will make clearer, 
stronger effects, similar to the effects produced 
by the spot light of the stage. This is the light 
for clear-cut effects when the front line of a 
border, a particular spot, or shrubbery line is 
to be emphasized. By contracting the bel- 
lows and shortening the lens focus the light 
rays will spread, illuminating a wide area. 
Under this condition, the light is less intense, 
but strong enough to make every flower and 
leaf in its scope stand forth against a back- 
ground of its own shadow. 
Our garden enjoyed a neighborhood reputa- 
tion of being well planned and pretty, both in 
detail and general effect. The neighbors were 
probably responsible for the suggestion that 
we give a garden party. June evening in 
the “dark of the moon’’ was selected as a 
favorable date for the party. Seats were ar- 
ranged on a closely clipped grassy plot and a 
few dimly lighted Japanese lanterns hung 
there. When the guests arrived there was a 
noticeable air of wonderment and even dis- 
appointment in their efforts at conversation, 
which carefully avoided mentioning the gar- 
den. 1 hey no doubt expected the borders 
would be lighted with long rows of Japanese 
lanterns. Instead they had been herded into 
a close blank space and with light so insufii- 
cient one could barely recognize a neighbor. 
When the situation was getting critical and 1 
could feel that some one was on the point of 
asking a pertinent question about the garden, 
I stepped to the stereopticon, which was 
mounted gnd concealed, and switched on the 
current. The clear keen rays of the arc cut 
the dark like lightning. One hundred and 
fifty feet away, a trellis of Dorothy Perkins 
Roses, at the zenith of its glory, stepped our 
of the blackness of the night by the magic of 
the light, clear cut as a cameo. For two 
seconds no one spoke. After that they got 
back their breath and began to talk, but before 
any one sufficiently recovered from the e.\- 
altation to be able to platitudinize about the 
beautiful, the lens cap brouglit back Egyptian 
darkness. Ihen I shifted the instrument 
slightly and released the light. This time it 
shot down a line of long-spurred, yellow and 
white Columbines. With another slight shift 
of the lantern a border of graceful Foxgloves 
held attention rapt; another shift and a long 
line of Madonna Lilies stood glorified. Tall 
Maples at the back of the garden came in for 
the next feature; by elevating the front of the 
instrument the stream of light reached the top- 
most branches, clearly defining them against 
the night sky. 1 he only effect in nature to 
compare this to is the silver tipped clouds of 
sunset, but the clouds are minus the grace of 
swaying branches. 1 here were still other 
features of the garden that were thus il- 
luminated and emphasized. 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Eugene Swope. 
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