October, 1917 
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walking in the garden at “Gar¬ 
dencourt” overlooking Cherokee 
Park. Such a wealth of changing, 
lavish bloom, such generous am¬ 
plitude of setting and ornament, 
but all so deftly subordinated to 
natural beauty and good taste! 
When strolling under the rose- 
covered pergolas one is further re¬ 
minded of the canny writer “Of 
Gardens.” “For the side grounds 
you are to fill them with variety 
of alleys, private, to give a full 
shade, some of them wheresoever 
the sun be. You are to frame 
some of them likewise for shelter, 
that when the wind blows sharp 
you may walk as in a gallery.” 
On two sides of this delightful 
garden, one may walk “as in a 
gallery.” These pergolas, running 
east and west, terminate in charm¬ 
ing tea-houses connected by a 
curved pergola. Between them 
plays a fountain in bronze de¬ 
signed by the late Helen Farns¬ 
worth Mears. 
In June the predominant note 
of this garden is white. Perhaps it 
is this fact that makes it a pecu¬ 
liarly lovely “morning garden.” 
Near “Gardencourt” is “Edge¬ 
combe,” the home of F. M. 
Sackett, Esq., where we find a 
garden that is not only charming, 
but a surprise. The noted land- 
Along two sides of “Gardencourt,” 
the home of the Misses Norton, 
runs a galleried pergola with a tea 
house in the corner. The predomi¬ 
nating June color is white 
“Oxmoor,” the home of William Marshall Bullitt, Esq., was laid 
out originally in 1787. The tree at the end of the walk is a pecan 
scape artist of this garden believes 
in surprises and his success justi¬ 
fies his faith. One comes upon 
this “secret garden,” at the end of 
the grassy walk quite unprepared 
for it. It is enclosed in high 
walls — covered here and there 
with the lovely, prolific Hiawatha 
rose — which make an effective 
background for the flowers flaunt¬ 
ing their colors against them. 
At one end of the garden the 
prevailing note is white — long 
rows of lilies and, opposite, the 
magnificent white Miss Lingard 
phlox. An effective combination 
of pink and white double holly¬ 
hocks and belladonna is seen on 
the north side near the fountain 
while a great bed of Van Fleet 
and Silver Moon roses nod at the 
west end. Wistaria and Mrs. 
Walsh roses cover the pergola. 
This garden is only three years 
old and has made a splendid be¬ 
ginning but, of course, for many 
years yet it will steadily grow in 
beauty and luxuriance before it 
comes to its best. 
Of the charming, old-fashioned 
type of garden, so much seen 
about Louisville, two of the most 
delightful are the gardens of Mrs. 
Harry Bishop—who is by way of 
being a great amateur of the 
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One of the most attractive old- 
fashioned gardens in Louisville is 
that of Mrs. Harry Bishop, who is 
well known as an authority on the 
culture of peonies 
