August, 1919 
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Half-encircled by the 
curved pergola and pro¬ 
tected by the surrounding 
hills and woods, the lily 
pool is almost never ruf¬ 
fled by the wind, and the 
nymphceas grow there un¬ 
disturbed. In this mild 
climate of Oregon one can 
live the whole year in this 
garden. Only a few weeks 
intervene between the last 
blooms of the late fall in 
December and the early 
spring flowers in February. 
Perhaps, on one or two 
mornings in January there 
may be a tracery of ice on 
the pool, but it never lasts 
for long in the warmth 
of this sheltered valley 
The garden is as simple 
and dignified as the tower¬ 
ing fir trees in the back¬ 
ground, and the general 
aspect is pleasingly magni¬ 
fied by the vast surround¬ 
ings of meadow and the 
rolling and partially 
wooded hills of the Tuala¬ 
tin Valley. From the 
house in the morning one 
sees the white columns of 
the temples glistening in 
the sun, thrown out in 
bold relief against the 
black green of the Douglas 
firs, and in the evening 
they are soft and subdued 
while the sun sinks in the 
jagged, sawtooth skyline 
formed by the giant firs 
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A FORMAL GARDEN IN THE NORTHWEST 
“Glenwood,” the Home of Mrs. T. B. Wilcox , Near Portland, Oregon 
L. M. THIELEN, Landscape Architect 
