November, 1921 
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THE GARDEN OF 
LT. COL., THE HON. 
FREDERIC NICHOLS 
TORONTO, CANADA 
“Shadow Brook,” the country place of the 
Hon. Frederic Nichols, lies some ten miles 
north of Toronto. The place is developed 
into a variety of gardens, one of the largest 
features being a Japanese garden, of which 
this view shows the brook and pool 
In front of a forest background is a 
formal roserie of beds bordered with 
box. A lily pool marks the crossing of 
the axes. A broad turf walk leads to 
the pergola that forms the terminus of 
this garden—the long rose pergola and 
its twin summer houses 
Stone lanterns mark this mound as part 
of the Japanese garden. It is, in reality, 
a well-developed rock garde?i ih which 
many dwarf evergreens have been used 
to advantage in addition to innumer¬ 
able alpine plants. The spot is admir¬ 
ably situated for a rockery 
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