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House & Garden 
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For Sun-Room 
and Tea-Room 
T iie vogue which has 
m a d e Garden-Craft 
nationally popular for out¬ 
door decoratio n is now 
bringing it indoors, where 
it radiates the spirit of sun¬ 
shine and fresh breezes. 
Garden-Craft chairs, ta¬ 
bles, trellises artistically 
fashioned of eternal cypress 
lend themselves to a wide 
scope of decorative schemes. 
The Mathews Mfg. Co. 
Lakewood, Cleveland, Ohio 
Lending furniture and 
department stores 
display Garden-Craft. 
New York Headquarters 
The Mountain Community 
No. A West 4 7t.h Street. 
Ftivnittiire 
An English Garden in Spring 
( Continued, from page 58) 
of tulips and myosotis as are here as to picturesque roof line and mass, 
shown, should not discourage but stir the happy use of trees, an unobtrusive 
us to fresh hope and effort in garden- tea-house fitted to perfection into its 
ing. Still, how could such flowers as corner of the paved garden, for pro- 
these of Mathern Palace appear any- tection against English rain and mist; 
where to such advantage as when they and again the fascinating foreground 
shine against close-shaven foliage as in of color in flowers, 
the grass alley; or when each colored Gardens such as these, speak to one’s 
cup of tulip and sky-blue cluster of spirit. The harmony, the fitness of i> 
myosotis are thrown into relief against —“All’s Fair That’s Fit”—the original- 
the smooth turf as seen in the old ity of a plan which though new, seems 
quadrangle? old—all fills the mind and eye with 
Who can gaze at the illustration of satisfaction and high pleasure. For my- 
the grass alley, without longing to look self, it is with gardens (and on first 
on the bright scene itself? The quiet sight) as with people. They are sim- 
setting of tree masses, the two gables patica or not. Let me give two irn- 
of the old house on the right, deep in pressions of American gardens, which 
foliage; and gaily fronting the delicate in my case happened either to corn- 
spring background of blossoming tree mend or not to commend themselves to 
and lilac, a dazzling effect of lines of this individual eye, an eye not suf- 
flowers against rich green. Filled with ficiently intelligent to be over-critical, 
color is this picture; and the coquetry The two gardens in mind now, are 
of the topiary work seems to be part of the antipodes of each other. One a 
the laughing beauty of the whole, formal garden with much costly stone 
Myosotis carpets the borders on either and marble—flowers grown to perfec- 
side of the walk: Late tulips trail a tion, all kept in order—but a garden 
garland of rich hues above the blue: which leaves one cold. There is no 
and the brilliant color has the perfect heart in it, no individuality. It is a 
foil in the dark clipped yew which backs mockery in gardening—its borders have 
a ^- in it only the pride of the eye. “See, 
“Oh gallant flowering May— I too have a garden; is 
Which month is painter of the world !*■ better than yours or my neigh- 
As some great clerks do say ” bor s? It )s more costly.” When 
gardening takes this form, beauty is 
The grass walk seems to divide two gone, 
gardens, perhaps a rose garden on the The garden set over against this in 
light; to the left, a garden of tulips is my mind is on a steep and wooded hill- 
hinted at. The alley is an example of side, upon one of the loveliest of Amer- 
what such a walk should be, in width, ican lakes, indeed one of the loveliest 
in height of massive subject for the lakes in any land. In the center of this 
border,—a lesson in beauty of pro- garden, is a glorious pine-tree, tall, 
portion. Happy he whose work, whose spreading, symmetrical. This has been 
lovely creation is an effect in flowers taken as the pivotal feature, and a 
such as this. Happy they who have charming grouping of flower-spaces, 
strolled in May along this goodly walk, with little box-edged walks arranged to 
and fortunate we, who with this pic- radiate from it. Also, there is a long 
ture before us on the page may learn arbor at the higher end of the garden, 
from it once again, that simplicity, and flagged with stone, and at one end a 
breadth of plan, are the successful prin- sitting place from which a vision of blue 
ciples of formal gardening. water and purple mountain is a sur- 
In the photograph of the old quad- prise and a delight. When I had the 
rangle, the value of shadow is first of happiness of seeing this simple but 
all apparent—the gay brilliance of sun- beautiful and personal garden, frost had 
lit floweis against sunlit walls, all rich browned it. There remained only 
because of shade. Here too, is a paved smouldering embers of flowers, embers 
walk well placed, not cutting the green which but a week before had been 
into two parts as so often is the Amer- tongues of flame. No matter. Here 
ican case, but allowing all possible was a garden speaking to the heart as 
sweep to the reach of grass, ivy, just well as to the eye. Charm was in its 
enough to compose well, a few climb- every line and fragment of composition, 
mg roses against the ancient house gar- Above all, the words which leaped to 
landing the beautiful old windows— one’s mind within its boundaries words 
and one has suggestions which for sim- which should be applicable to every 
plicity and beauty cannot be surpassed, garden were those most precious ones, 
The tulip bed too, gives endless hints seclusion, tranquillity, peace. 
Bouquets the Winter Through 
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material will mark well the spot for here 
in August and September wall be found, 
instead of the blossoms, beautiful dark 
blue oval pods with a gray bloom upon 
them; each hanging free from its dried 
calyx and tipped with a sharp spur. 
The podded spikes are so unusual that 
they are exceedingly attractive either 
alone in a dull blue vase or to give 
character to masses of lighter material. 
A curious plant of waste sandy places 
! is the teazel, a tall coarse growing bien- 
j mal. Its Greek name, dipsacus, meaning 
thirst, comes from the fact of its oppo¬ 
site leaves so closely clasping the stalk 
as to form a cup which holds rain and 
dew; venus’ bath, venus’ cup or basin 
are names appropriately given it. The 
liquid so held is one of tile many “sure 
cures” for warts and the theory is held 
by several naturalists that the many in¬ 
sects drowned in it contribute to the 
nourishment of the plant. The ovate 
flower heads appearing in midsummer 
are often 3" long and are closely covered 
with hooked spines among which nestle 
the tiny lilac flowers, the first appearing 
aiound the middle of the head and the 
blossoming progressing both upward and 
downward in a manner peculiar to this 
plant. The stiff spined heads have a 
commercial value for they are used by 
cloth manufacturers in “teasing” or 
raising the nap on woolens; the large 
central, king teazels for blankets and the 
laterals or queens in dressing the finer 
broadcloths. Inventors have vainly tried 
to produce a tool as effective as the tea¬ 
zel bur which releases the fabric when 
an obstruction is encountered whereas 
steel teeth, however pliable, tear it. 
When to Gather 
For winter bouquets the stalks should 
be gathered in September as soon as the 
flowers have faded. There are usually 
three or more heads on a stem and these 
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