April, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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The back of the house is so arranged that the descent into the formal garden is gradual and gradually formal. The lattice screened laundry yard, which will event¬ 
ually be covered with vines and hidden by arborvitae, is an excellent development 
Four terra-cotta pots with salmon-pink geraniums are placed 
in the circle. The planting in the borders is arranged in a series 
of inscribed circles. In the first tier the early-blooming Merten- 
sias make a complete circle with blue flowers that fade into pink. 
Ihese are replaced later on by deep-purple pansies var. Emperor 
William. During July this tier is made effective by eight Oeno¬ 
thera Missouriensis placed at the points where the paths converge 
into the circle. The large, bright yellow flowers make a bril¬ 
liant color note especially striking in front of the deep purple of 
Japanese iris in an outer circle. In the second tier Iris Purple 
King continues the color effect of the purple pansies. In the 
third tier are peonies in a deep pink and rose circle. Each peony 
is encircled by a dozen pink tulips, whose early flowers have dis¬ 
appeared by the time the peony has opened its abundant foliage. 
In the fourth tier are the purple Japanese iris. With them the 
circular treatment fades into the masses of phlox, which help to 
develop the oval outlines of the garden. 
Special attention has been given to color in this garden. Not 
a single jarring color note can be found in it. Only the clearest 
of yellows, the softest of pinks and rose, the quietest of lavender, 
blues and purples and harmonizing whites are used in this elusive 
pattern of color, and the result is satisfactory in the extreme. 
It is obvious that in such a formally arranged garden the suc¬ 
cession of bloom is most carefully developed. Early tulips and 
daffodils; Darwin tulips and irises, peonies, foxgloves and sweet 
Williams, larkspurs and phloxes, Japanese anemones and asters, 
and chrysanthemum give continuous bloom. Coming into flower 
one after another with varying lengths to their periods of bloom 
they present a closely interwoven succession. Used in big masses, 
they form the major succession of bloom. 
Complementing it is a minor succession. Bright-yellow Alys- 
sum saxatile, pure white Arabis, blue Mertensia, pink bleeding- 
heart, yellow Trollius make a spring medley of bright color. 
Columbine and yellow day lilies accompany the bloom of German 
iris; dictamnum and campanulas that of peonies. Purple Viola 
cornuta, creamy-white and pink spiraea, lavender Galium, snow- 
white Achillea. “The PearD and filmy Gypsophila, the baby’s 
breath, accompany the flowering of the larkspurs. Yellow An- 
themis, lavender Sedum spectabilis, blue statice, and purple ve¬ 
ronicas are in flower, while the phlox is blooming'. Pink snap¬ 
dragons complement the delicacy of Japanese anemones, salmon- 
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