April, 1916 
15 
The main axis of the garden fronts the house—a straight brick path 
lined with small arborvitae and edging plants and broken midway by 
the pool. Tall cedars stand about it. but the pool's the thing. It is 
the garden’s mirror, and no garden is so small or purse so poor but 
that it can afford a pool 
Garden seats are nothing more than part of a decorative 
scheme unless they are pleasing to look at. comfortable 
to rest in. and placed where one can command a view 
or catch a glimpse. When they are all that—as they 
are by this poolside—they prove indispensable to those 
who appreciate gardens 
Visualize this first as nothing more than just a wall, 
stones, mortar and bits of moss. Then see it as it is here, 
with rock plants growing out of the crevices and ferns 
in the crannies. That’s the secret of successful garden¬ 
ing—to make the little unsuspected corners glimpses of 
unusual beauty 
-Mm 
BB 
IPHI 
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