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House & Garden 
As this garden was laid out in an old orchard, the 
existing trees were carefully observed. This old 
apple stands on the axis with gravel paths and 
grass plots about it enclosed by a low stone wall 
THE GARDEN OF 
GEORGE B. AGNEW 
SOUTH SALEM, NEW YORK 
CHARLES D. LAY 
Landscape Architect 
The level spaces of the garden are divided 
in wide oblong beds with borders of turf 
and narrow gravel paths laid between them. 
These plots are planted with perennials. 
Another perennial bed runs along the front 
of the wall. The garden extends, at the 
slightly higher level, over the rise of the 
meadow beyond 
An arbor stands at the end of the cross 
path, on the top of a slight rise. The 
pathside is planted to ferns. Vines are 
trained to cover the walls. It is a natural 
garden made with a nice feeling for na¬ 
tive stone and the informal setting 
On a level below the massive stone work 
of the garden wall lies a lily pool, irregu¬ 
lar in shape, rimmed about with stone 
slabs and planted to ornamental grasses 
and creeping plants. Shrubbery is massed 
in the farther corner 
