June, 1918 
17 
A 
Gillies 
THINGS THAT MATTER IN SUMMER 
The only things that matter in summer are shaded bowers, the cool rustle of tall trees, the music of 
water splashing in a garden fountain, the scent of myriad flowers, the drowsy hum of bees. Perhaps 
after that a book on a shaded lawn, and tea. These things are found in actuality in the garden of 
William Asher Parsons, Esq., at Ardsley, New York. The architects were Smith & Ross; the 
landscape architect, Brinkerhoff 
