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HOUSE & GARDEN 
In another season the vines — wistaria, honeysuckle and climbing roses 
—will cover the pergola, framing vistas of grass and flowers with here 
and there a white painted garden seat 
The pergola is the central feature and stands close to the 
lily pool. Its tiled floor and white benches add a re¬ 
freshing neatness and perfect harmony 
The lily pool is a simple little place, cement lined and curbed, and planted with lilies of different hues. At either end stands a group 
of Siberian iris and callas with an edging of box to complete the scheme 
A PICTURE GARDEN OF SUCCESSION BLOOM 
T HE mistress of the house wanted a gar¬ 
den. It should break the level of the 
long stretch of sward that reached from 
the house to the lot line, by being placed 
as a central feature, just far enough away 
from the house to form a picture as one 
looked out upon it from the wide veranda. 
It was not to be a formal garden, but to 
outline a picture in the landscape; simple 
in design, attractive in feature, and con- 
MARY H. NORTHEND 
taining flowers that would blossom the sea¬ 
son through. It should be so arranged that 
there would be continual succession of 
bloom and the layout would be so carefully 
planned that there would be no intruding 
marble fragments; nothing that was ornate. 
Thus it was that the garden grew. The 
first step in the making of it was the lay¬ 
ing out of the lily pond. It is a simple 
little pool, 11' long and 7' wide, with a 
cement curbing, and lined with the same 
material. In its bed of loam were planted 
pond lilies of different hues, so arranged 
that they make a color scheme contrasting 
prettily with the soft green of the grass. 
To break the plain effect, Siberian- iris and 
calla lilies were planted at either end and 
edged with low growing box. 
The pergola, which is the central feature 
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