Haven Wood 
Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Ryerson at Lake Forest, Illinois 
*~r*HE composition of statues and pool has a background of three rows of native red 
-*■ cedars, which were especially selected for perpendicular and formal effect and have 
been graded up in sizes of fifteen, twentj^-five and thirty-five feet high. The entire 
garden is framed with the same dense planting, arranged to give strength and strong 
shadows; the special groups, axes points, and skyline strongly accented by the tallest 
trees. 
The varied effect of color in the forest trees of oak, beech, maples, etc., changing 
with the different seasons, outlines the special character and color of the cedar frame. 
One quarter of the area of the garden is shown in the photograph. The four late 
Seventeenth Century marble statues came from a garden in Verona, and are mounted 
on their own bases and worked in with a stone rail of modern construction. 
(The garden at Haven Wood was enthusiastically admired by all GARDEN CLUB 
members who attended the Annual Meeting. Our illustration gives an excellent idea 
of its setting and plan, but no photograph can give an adequate idea of the color and 
effect of the charming planting.) 
