Opposite the entrance to the service-yard, a brick paved circle 
serves as a transition from garden to lawn. Benches here under 
two Apple trees make a shady retreat from the glare of an 
August sun. 
Turning from the garden with its hint of coming autumn in 
budding Clematis and Aconite, one looks out across the undulat- 
ing lawn, shadowed by the old trees which give Orchard House 
its name, and visualizes the spring, for here are Mrs. King's 
collection of Lilacs, flowering Apples, Cherries, Peonies and 
other choice shrubs. One boundary is planted with newer 
Japanese Quinces — scarlet to palest yellow. Under the flower- 
ing trees and in all the shrub borders, many kinds of early 
bulbs. Crocus. Scilla, Daffodils are followed by collections of 
Cottage and Darwin tulips, glorifying the orchard in May. 
The things which characterize Mrs. King's garden are well 
thought out color groupings, the clever choice of form shown in 
the juxtaposition of feathery and solid masses, the predominance 
of silver-gray and blue-green foliage and the use of annuals 
be it tall Lavatera or dwarf Ageratum. 
S. W. Hendrie. 
Garden Club of Michigan. 
The International Flower Show. 
The Garden Club of America is planning to co-operate with 
the Horticultural Society in the Flower Show to be held at the 
Grand Central Palace, New York City, from Monday, March 
13th. through Sunday, March 19th. 
Your Flower Show Committee has arranged for a variety 
of classes which, it hopes, will appeal to both individual 
Members and Member Clubs. The tentative schedule follows: 
Japanese Arrangement 
Open to individual members of Member Clubs of the Garden Club 
of America. 
To be staged by noon of March 13th and kept up, if possible, for tho 
duration of show. 
Any basket or flower holder and flowers, berries, fruit pods, shrubs, 
or tree branches may be used. 
Space allowed for each exhibit three (3) feet square. 
This may be covered with any material exhibitor may desire. 
Miniature Gardens 
Open to individual members and Members-at-Large of the Garden 
Club of America. 
To be staged by noon of March 13th and kept up for duration of 
show. 
Models to be built on trays 3 by 3 feet, furnished by exhibitor. 
(Details on next page.) 
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