HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February^ 1912 
An alcove off one of the bedrooms fitted out as a window garden 
makes an interesting addition 
Is the flower garden Colonial? Not if a reproduction of a true 
garden of the Georgian time in America is meant. One who is 
well versed in the varieties grown there might call it an anachron¬ 
ism. But he wouldn’t be contradicted. Even though the flowers 
are not the proper ones or the arrangement quite correct, it has 
the suggestion of the regularity and divided beds of that time, 
and goes admirably with the modern Colonial house. In reality, 
when one stops to think, there is no such thing as a modern Colo¬ 
nial house. It can only be a copy of an old house, or be a new 
house with a few suggestions in detail from an old one. That is 
what this garden is — a strictly modern garden with suggestions 
from the Colonial. The arbor for instance is one, and is a mod¬ 
ern application of some of the eighteenth century productions 
that were influenced by Chinese motifs. But if you ask whether 
all the parts of arrangement are strictly in keeping, no is your 
answer ; practically they are in keeping and certainly in good taste. 
A desire for vistas fitted well with a desire for lawn spaces. 
Turning left on the path running before the flower garden one 
finds a good example of the way this was worked out. A rustic 
arch, well grown over with wistaria, separates the garden from a 
nearly square lawn, which is at a slightly lower level. Running 
The plan of house and garden showing the complete 
segregation of kitchen and service departments 
The dining-room is decorated in white enameled trim, suggestive of the Colonial but 
with modern additions 
The living-room breathes comfort and is furnished only with those antiques that 
can be used with pleasure 
straight from this arbor is a path of flagstones let into 
the sod. This meets an antique dial on a stone pedestal 
and, dividing, runs around it, under an arbor leading 
down to a narrower lawn that runs nearly the whole 
width of the lot. The straight line leading the eye be¬ 
neath two successive arches gives the effect of greatly 
lengthening the distance. Besides, it picks out and 
frames portions of the landscape, bringing them out as 
one does focussing on selected portions of a painting, 
and thus adds to the picturesqueness of certain details. 
The first lawn is thickly hedged about with thick shrub¬ 
bery and bushy plants, and the sun-dial set in the thick 
foliage with a guardian evergreen at either side, makes a 
distinct and very attractive garden nook. 
The long lawn beyond the arbor is less densely planted. 
Its upper side has a low lattice fence covered by a 
luxuriant growth of nasturtiums. This meets the 
higher fence of the laundry or service yard, for this 
department is quite shut off on all sides by a high 
wooden fence surmounted by a lattice. At the extreme 
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