July, 1922 
35 
FORMAL 
and 
INFORMAL 
TYPES 
of 
GARDENS 
Contrasts in 
Garden Planting 
The herbaceous border, planted for 
a succession of color and form, serves 
as contrast with the massing of 
single flowers shown above. The 
border in this garden is happily lo¬ 
cated in front of vine-covered trellis. 
Marian C. Coffin, landscape architect 
Peonies possess such remarkable beauty that 
they can well be used in masses or as specimens 
set in a stretch of turf, with nothing to offer 
them competition in color and form. Here 
they are massed. Across the path, set behind 
low hedges and a low ground planting, stand¬ 
ard roses are given the same opportunity for 
display. Charles W. Leavitt, landscape architect 
