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House & Garden's 
Standing on the 
terrace before the 
house one catches 
this glimpse of 
the garden and 
its setting 
axis terminates in a 
semi - circular lily 
pool held in a stone 
curbing. 
At this point the 
ways divide. On 
each side stone steps 
lead to a pergola so 
heavily bowered in 
vines that one does 
not at first suspect it 
of being a pergola. 
This forms the ex- 
edra or termination 
of the garden. 
Behind rises a 
rock-ribbed hillside 
heavily forested. The 
garden, then, is like 
a jewel of many col¬ 
ors in a setting of 
woods, its formal 
lines and varied col¬ 
ors contrasting with 
the rugged character 
of the immediate 
surroundings. 
From the lily 
pool one can look 
up the grass 
paths between 
the orderly beds 
to the house 
O NE should not 
come upon a 
formal garden too 
suddenly. The way 
to it should be a 
gradual progress 
from the house. This 
axiom is beautifully 
illustrated in the 
garden at the home 
of Dr. J. Henry 
Lancashire at Man¬ 
chester, Mass. 
From the grass 
terrace before the 
house — a terrace 
worked out by a 
stone wall and ac¬ 
cented with pottery 
jars—one passes by 
slow degrees along 
grass walks down to 
the lower level of the 
garden. Here are 
formal beds brilliant 
with color the season 
through. The main 
THE GARDEN of DR. I. HENRY LANCASHIRE 
MANCHESTER. MASS. 
MRS. WM. A. HUTCHESON, Landscape Architect 
