A Small Formal Garden Near Philadelphia 
A WALK BESIDE THE ARBOR 
within view of halt the windows of the house. 
Though it is as yet very young and tells 
with callow frankness its one-year tale, its 
modest layout is of the best and promises 
excellent results, a foretaste of which was 
enjoyed last summer when the parterres were 
already vivacious with color, free of the shade 
of trees and shrubs which will later gain 
ascendency on three sides of the enclosure. 
The remainder of the hill below has not 
been forgotten or left to take care of itself, 
but has, on the contrary, been planted with 
a great variety of trees and shrubs, the 
nursery order for which reached a total of 
five hundred plants, with sixty-seven varie¬ 
ties, representing an outlay of $450. 
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