are planted toward the back of each level. It is impossible to 
name all of the two hundred and fifty varieties which are used, 
but among the purples are Nine Wells, Perfection, Archeveque, 
Stamhoul, Souvenir de Mme., Gaudichau, Monsignor, on the 
highest terrace ; then on that below, Kochii, Cameleon, Blue Jay 
and Anna Farr; on the same level, across the grass circle, 
Dalmarius, Walhalla, Duchess of Wellington and Pocahontas, 
to the edge of the wall. On the next below, Amas, Cypriana, 
Fritjof; then the grass circle and beyond, Syphax, Celeste, B. Y. 
Morrison, Lady Foster and others. Then the wall and a drop 
to the level of the pool. This circle is planted with dwarf 
varieties — Zua, Mrs. Allan Gray, and Dilcush, with pumilas 
and cristata in front of them. The last circle of grass encloses 
a wreath of Violas and Iris gracilipes, flung down around the 
blue tiled pool, which is 6 feet in diameter. 
In the blue and white section are Ma-Mie, Hiawatha, E. L. 
Crandell, White Knight, Darius, Porcelaine, Victorine, Mrs. H. 
Darwin, Dawn Fairy, and others. In the pink section are 
Lent A. Williamson, Alcazar, Shrewsbury , Seminole, Caprice, 
Mi. Penn, Wyndam, Eric and Opera. In the yellow section 
Navajo, Maori King, Mary Garden, Aurea, Montezuma, Princess 
Victoria Louise, Sherwin Wright, Minneliaha, Flavescens and 
Rachel Fox are used. The long wires bent at each end and 
pressed into the ground to separate each group are worth noting, 
also the very clear labels. Though Lilies, Gladiolus and 
Hyacinthus candicans bring bloom to the Iris garden after the 
principal color is gone, its outlines and the healthy green of the 
Iris and rock plants give character to the gray green silver effects 
of the late summer and fall. Truly a fairy amphitheatre. Ring 
above ring of Irises, like lovely ladies, their rainbow radiance 
reflected in the sunset sky beyond. Their May and June bloom- 
ing is worth going miles to see. 
Elizabeth D. Williams. 
The Gardeners, Montgomery and Delaware Go's. 
Book Reviews 
Downing 's Landscape Gardening. Revised by Frank R. Waugli. 
Printed by John Wiley & Sons Co. 
Professor Waugh of Amherst has done a timely and 
excellent service to the casual reader as well as the professional 
landscape architect or student, by bringing out and revising a 
new edition of Downing 's Landscape Gardening with the very 
welcome addition of a number of Mr. Downing 's short essays 
on kindred subjects. This makes the tenth edition of 
Landscape Gardening, the original having been published in 
1841, at which time it was the only work of its kind in this 
country. American taste in gardening, planting and the laying 
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