WALLED GARDENS 
lieve the stiff, hard lines of the wall. Other features of these 
Walled Gardens are soft green turf, white gravel paths, a vine- 
decked summer-house in one corner, an arch or two of Climbing 
Roses and Clematis, vases, statuary, and usually a fountain or 
elaborately mounted sun-dial in the middle of the enclosure. 
The plots contain mostly hardy herbaceous blooming plants 
in great variety, thus supplying a succession of brilliant flowers 
throughout the season. The plants recognizable in the engrav- 
ing on page 66 are hardy Phlox, Anemone Japonica, Iris, hardy 
Candytuft, double perennial Sunflowers, Roses, Pinks, etc. 
Walled Gardens certainly do possess some advantages over 
open parterres, especially in the warmth and protection from 
winds and winter’s cold, which enable many plants to be perma- 
nently established that otherwise might not be hardy enough to 
live through the winter, such as Tea Roses, Carnations, Chrysan- 
themums, etc. It is getting to be quite the fashion among 
many in this country to have a Walled Garden on their country 
estates. 
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Modest Walled Gardens 
The charms of simple old-fashioned Walled 
Gardens are shown in the pictures on this page. 
The one in the upper corner, with its wealth of 
Roses and other flowers, broad walks, fountain 
and sequestered seat, impresses us with its rest- 
fulness. The enclosure shown beneath is typical 
of many Walled Gardens. One would scarcely con- 
ceive from the outside of the wall of the glories 
of floral beauty contained within, where such old 
favorite flowers are seen as Canterbury Bells, 
double Rockets, Foxgloves, Hollyhocks, Pansies, 
Poppies, etc., all kept in order behind the edging of box. 
Here is to be found a plentiful supply of flowers all summer. 
