July, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
broken off as soon as they bloom, they continue to put forth 
flowers the season through. There is annual larkspur in the 
various shades of its familiar blue, and in pink and white, and 
also the larger varieties; the perennial delphinium in all these 
colors. There are columbines, asters of every line, Sweet Wil¬ 
liams, pinks, marigolds, such as our grandmothers never would 
have recognized; poppies, flaunting their silken petals here and 
there; Love-in-a-mist, Nigella, opulent yet coy in its veil of green, 
and many other flowers which make this blooming ribbon a 
wonder of variety, and of beautifully blended colors. Along its 
entire length is a broad band of sweet alyssum. This, together 
with Baby’s Breath, Gypsophila, gives the fragrance which is 
of a vertical cliff which makes a barrier of sheer beauty there. 
At one end of each of these terraces are roses. Many of these 
are blooming and fragrant in late September. In the pool, at the 
center of the lower terrace, the pink lotus, Nelnmbium Speciosurn, 
and also white water lilies flourish. Here are rustic seats, and 
from them one sees the town below the cliff, the Hudson and 
the Berkshires, and through the guarding pines glimpses of the 
Catskills. 
The other of the two ribboned gardens has a distinct indi¬ 
viduality. Gardens, as do people, have atmospheres, auras, if 
you will, which are all their own. This one gives the impression 
of a charming living-room. Flowers are everywhere in this 
garden, with the exception of the slop¬ 
ing side of one terrace, where grass 
divides the flowers like a bit of verdant 
hillside. Even the perpendicular stone 
wall of the lower terrace is covered 
with flowers. First, ampelopsis, grow¬ 
ing along its base, covers it in the way 
it has of covering a wall. Its soft shades 
of varying green make a perfect back¬ 
ground for the ramblers in different 
colors embroidered on it. These last 
hold themselves in place by clinging to 
wire so fine as to be almost invisible, 
stretched along the wall a little distance 
out from the ampelopsis. When the 
ramblers have finished blooming the 
starry blossoms and fairy green foliage 
of clematis take their place, and are an 
attractive setting for the rose garden 
below. 
In the center of the broad lower ter¬ 
race a fountain tinkles and rhymes, as 
it falls into a pool bordered with ferns, 
ivy and dwarf iris, which half conceal 
its cobblestone rim. This garden, while 
not remote, is hidden from the house. 
Also, as one must pass through a rustic 
rose-roofed entrance, go down a little 
flight of brick stairs, along a box- 
bordered walk and down another flight 
of stairs to reach the rustic seats, it is 
really secluded and near to nature. 
Those difficult problems presented by the garden on a hillside have been successfully solved in this instance: brick 
walks and ha-has supporting the embankments and each terrace developed individually 
the one virtue the zinnia lacks. 
As the ribbon connects these two 
terraced gardens, in a way, tall, native 
pines — nine of them, stately and old, 
though by no means gray — stand guard 
above them at one side. And yet the 
two gardens are quite separate and 
unlike. In the first, midway between 
the majestic pine trees and the opposite 
boundary, the ribbon is interrupted by 
a rose-twined, rustic entrance to the 
garden below. Passing this there is 
first a grassy terrace, then another, 
box-bordered, and devoted to tall-grow¬ 
ing flowers — mallows, Physostega, cos¬ 
mos and hollyhocks. On the next level 
is a fern-bordered pool, another ribbon 
of flowers, more box borders — these 
thrifty low borders of box are a special 
feature of this garden — as well as a 
high rustic rose screen along the edge 
For a small garden on a hillside no treatment is more effective: a wall affording both privacy and an imme 
diate background, a pool and garden furniture, intimacy and diversion 
