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The paneled oak garden gateway is an interesting 
adaptation of English design with heavy wooden 
posts capped with sheet lead copper studded 
A Garden in the English Spirit 
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tea things, and a window seat overlook- in tree form, with orange and yellow 
ing the garden. Being dark brown, inside azalea mollis, Darwin tulips of lavender 
and out, it will fit quite naturally into and orange, and iris of deepest violet, 
the background of foliage. When this There are a few effective though 
is built the seat will be removed to the short-lived spikes of blue lupine; lemon 
other side. There it will face its twin lilies with the Yale blue Iris sibirica 
under a thatched roof. Beyond them, orientalis; and Iris Snow Queen rising 
a gate lures one to investigate the wood- from a background of ferns, 
land walk which leads around to the In June come silvery pink oriental 
garden house on the other side of the poppies under the double flowering crab 
property. with the taller polemonium and white 
The planting is arranged for a cli- heads of valerian; single pink peonies 
max of effect in spring, sinking to a and sulphur-yellow meadow rue, Har- 
minor note in midsummer when the rison’s yellow rose and the newer rosa 
family is away, but rising to greater Hugonis; climbing roses of pure white, 
brilliancy in the autumn. yellow, blush and vivid carmine. All 
In mid-winter the beds are outlined of these are accessory to the larkspur 
by the evergreen pachysandra. accented whose stately stalks bear every con- 
by globe Japanese yews. Climbing ceivable scintillation of blue. Against 
euonymus with its glossy foliage and the brown fence hollyhocks of pink and 
orange fruit makes the rear fence seem salmon and lemon yellow vie with the 
like a green hedge; leaving room in early pink phlox. 
front for a variety of evergreens;—- Midsummer is more subdued, with 
hemlocks kept small in scale by frequent gypsophila, a little phlox, and some 
clipping, dark Japanese yews both second bloom from the larkspur. If 
spreading and upright, bronzy Leu- for some reason more flowers are 
cothoe, glossy cotoneaster with its bright wanted at this season it is a simple 
red fruit, fine-textured heather and matter to put in some carefully chosen 
(contributing spring flowers as well) annuals over the bulbs—like verbenas, 
the aristrocratic Pieris floribunda and snapdragon Mexican tuberoses or helio¬ 
daphne. trope. In an extreme emergency, such 
To depict in brief the succession of as a wedding, I have seen them sink 
bloom: In March and April the little bottles in the ground, deceitfully in¬ 
beds around the pool are gay with serting therein speciosum lilies and 
masses of purple and gold crocus; pale gladioli, but a little forethought in June 
daffodils set with intention against the makes this unnecessary, 
evergreens; dwarf iris of lavender and In early fall the garden becomes gay- 
purple contrasting with broad patches of again with sky blue asters, pink spe- 
white arabis and silvery- alyssum; and ciosum lilies, pale pink gladioli, myrtle 
early tulips of flashing white and vivid planted in July, lilac tassels of the bud- 
pink. Against the evergreens at the dleia, late white phlox and Japanese 
back is a woodsy effect of nodding blue anemones with their golden hearts, 
mertensia, foam flower, wild blue phlox, Later, arrive many button chrysanthe- 
tender pink southern azalea, and dwarf mums, like cheery winter birds, gold 
pink Japanese quince, with budding and bronze, white and rose, 
maples and cherries overhead. Each plant has a part to play. It 
In May come tall globes of yellow must contribute something or it can- 
trollius, the golden tulip Moonlight, not stay. Some are chosen for the 
forget-me-nots, primulas, poet's narcis- leading roles like iris or larkspur; 
sus and columbines; Darwin tulips of some for the understudies, like forget- 
fawn and violet and vivid rose rising me-nots with the tulips; some for spe- 
above bleeding heart and lavender cial situations, like meadow rue and 
polemonium reptans; lacy things like lemon lilies for shade; some to bridge 
astilbe, spiraea filipendula and meadow a gap of a few days in the pageant of 
rue; all subsidiary to the iris. Because color, like the Cerastium tomentosum 
of its permanence, ease of culture, and after the iris; some must be watched lest 
infinite variety, many irises were used: they overcrowd, like asters or phy- 
the early dwarf pumila and alpine hy- sostegia; some must be coddled until 
brids (see planting list for colors); in- well established like daphne or dic- 
termediate iris—a cross as its name tamnus. A few must be eventually re¬ 
indicates, coming both in season and placed, like the tulips, but most of them 
height between the pumila and the Ger- are especially selected for their endur- 
man; the tiny lavender I. cristata in ing qualities. 
late May; the imperial porcelain-blue Altogether it is a fascinating game, 
I. pallida; and German varieties of this making of a garden by degrees, all 
every color from pure white, palest the more so because never finished, 
straw, light blue to lavender and deep- When these ideas have been worked out 
est purple. As a climax there blooms new ones will develop, but is not that 
a royal combination of purple wistarias the lure of every garden? 
