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House & Garden 
AN EVENING GARDEN OF FRAGRANCE 
Not All of the Charm of a Garden Lies in Its Appeal to the Eye—Here Is One 
Planned Primarily for the Scent of Its Flowers 
ELIZABETH LEONARD STRANG 
T WILIGHT may be said to repre¬ 
sent the period between light and 
dark when God, having sat at His pot¬ 
ter’s wheel since the first flush of dawn, 
His fingers grown stiff and His brain 
weary, turned, and with eye benignant, 
the calm, undoubting eye of the Master 
Artist, reviewed the work He had that 
day accomplished. And one likes to 
think that He sat thus until the moon 
rose, making the vapors luminous and 
glorifying the materialization of His 
the Master Architect’s vision of a 
universe. 
To the elderly, the hour is symbolic 
of all that is sacred, clean and inspira¬ 
tional in life. The years have broad¬ 
ened their outlook. They have become 
less proud and infinitely more tolerant. 
For them the outlines of the great pic¬ 
ture of life are no longer shrouded. 
A Twilight Garden 
To those still upon the sunny side of 
the mountain, to whom even the moon 
is afar off; who are still engaged upon 
the task of laying the foundation stones 
of the tower of their ambitions—to those 
the twilight, shot with moon rays, fra¬ 
grant with flowers, is the hour royal 
of the day. So, because it holds every 
member of the family in thrall of some 
sort, why not a garden which, by twi¬ 
light, moonlight or censer-hung lan¬ 
terns, would give the greatest amount 
of joy to the family and visitors, and—- 
not the least of its charms—induce the 
highest order of thought ? 
Its general design is formal. On one 
side is a pergola twined about with 
The white blossoms of Dictamnus 
alba give off a fine fragrance in 
late May 
Something of the charm of 
the lilies is reflected in the 
white iris 
Outside the Hedge 
Without the hedge are flowering 
shrubs. They are particularly devoted 
to early spring effects, so designed that 
there may be more space in the garden 
proper for the summer flowers, when 
nights are sultry and most people are 
out of doors. Near the seat is the early 
fragrant bush honeysuckle, which is 
supplemented a little later by the large 
pink and white cups of Magnolia Soul- 
angeana, which has a pe¬ 
culiarly earthy odor. 
Grouped near the pergola 
and the corners .of the house 
are the tall, old-fashioned 
white lilacs, whose scent is 
clean, fresh and not too 
overpowering. Nearby are 
the equally old-fashioned 
mock oranges or “syringas,” 
whose blossoms almost cloy¬ 
ing in their sweetness, ap¬ 
pear two or three weeks 
later than the lilacs. It is 
said that rose-bugs forsake 
the roses if white flowered 
shrubs are near at hand, so 
there is a practical as well 
as an esthetic reason for 
employing them here. A 
low shrub inside the garden is the Viburnum 
Carlesii, whose fragrant blooms, flushed a 
delicate pink, are not unlike a very large 
arbutus. 
At the back of the pergola the actinidia 
makes a heavy dark green shade for midsum¬ 
mer days. On the sunny side of the garden 
are climbing roses, the immense single white 
blossoms of Silver Moon contrasting with 
the tiny fragrant double white Wichuraiana 
Triumph. Roses also arch the gate at the 
garden’s end and shower a trellis placed 
against the house. 
Within the Garden 
Within the garden four double white 
flowering peach trees accent the center. Be¬ 
neath them, and down the entire length of 
the central walk, are large egg-shaped early 
tulips of a shimmering white. Blooming 
simultaneously, here and there in the spaces 
Next to the madonna lilies, the phlox pre¬ 
sent the chief effect of the flower year. 
Especially in the dusk, their blossoms are 
enchanting 
fragrant roses. Here the young folks 
can stroll between dances, and reach 
up and touch the stars. The walks are 
broad enough to accommodate two or 
more abreast. A trim border of pungent 
box edges the beds, so that overhanging 
plants drenched with starry dew may 
not injure filmy evening gowns. 
The boundary hedge is of hybrid 
sweet briar clipped to a height of o'. It 
blossoms less luxuriantly when thus 
cut down, but the increased fragrance 
of the foliage compensates for this. 
