Small Suburban Properties 
shrubs, trees, sears, pools, etc., should 
he made to correspond to the use to 
which each section is to he put. 
rhe fault to be found with most 
places of this size is, that there is not 
enough ot interest to be found on 
them, and when an owner has a 
choice bit he will invariably place it 
before your eyes, in a position where 
it is never out of sight, thus making 
it impossible for you to discover it for 
yourself. 
Imagine the charm of two enclosed 
A BRIGHT CORNER IN THE FLOWER GARD 
certain effects that are undoubtedly desirable. In 
my opinion, privacy is of great importance. It is 
extremely difficult, if not impossible, to obliterate 
the boundaries on this place, as the distances are 
not sufficient. We have then the choice of recog¬ 
nizing this line as the line of a garden, or of making 
an ineffectual attempt to hide it with trees and 
shrubs, which only helps to attract attention more 
strongly to it. Let us recognize this line, and 
make our property an enclosed garden, with the 
beauty that we see in the immediate surroundings 
of so many old English houses. Hedges may be 
grown to a height that will insure us against intru¬ 
sion; or fences or walls of good design may be erected 
and draped with vines. To erect a boundary of 
such proportions and density that would completely 
shut off all communication with the outside world, 
or create the feeling of imprisonment, should be 
avoided. Judgment and taste must dictate the 
height at which this boundary should be erected. 
Let us now continue the development of our garden. 
We want a garden that will be a pleasure to wander 
through; not a flaring, glaring mass of color; or a 
picture that is taken in at a glance; but rather, let 
us subdivide it in such a manner that there will be a 
number of enclosures, which will be treated differ¬ 
ently, just as all well planned gardens are treated. 
These enclosures need not and should not be massed 
with flowers, making the question of maintenance an 
overwhelming one, for there are many gardens, 
among them some of the best, where there are few 
or no flowers at all; just a bright touch of color at the 
base of a dial or around a pool. These gardens 
should be used as the separate rooms of a house, and 
the furniture, which, in this case, consists of flowers. 
lawns one shaded, the other bright 
with sunlight, except for a patch of 
shadow cast by a feathery foliaged 
tree. Imagine these lawns separated 
by a hedged walk bordered with flow¬ 
ers, with only glimpses of lawn 
through arches as you walk to the 
house. Picture a long walk of flow¬ 
ering fruits, ending in an architec¬ 
tural feature, backed with dark green 
foliage. Half way along this path we enter one more 
enclosure,—a simple, old-fashioned garden, with its 
pool and bird baths reflecting the flowers all sum¬ 
mer long. Phis garden is in an angle of the house, 
to which we have entrance, thus making an outside 
living-room, partially shaded by trees that border 
the tennis court beyond. 
If we continue this treatment the service section 
IS used in the general scheme, but need not be 
TAM. HEDGES ENCLOSING LAWN 
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