Faulkner Farm , Brookline , Massachusetts 
OUTSIDE THE WALLS 
FAULKNER FARM 
to come up the stone steps hearing a slender 
amphora of Cypriote wine and a gilded dish 
of purple figs. 
Does this contradict what I said above of 
the modern quality of the garden r It should 
not, for the vision of the old is evoked only 
by the very vitality of the new. One may 
pore over the corroded relics of the Naples 
Museum for days and never be vouchsafed 
a flash of any emotion save that of archieolog- 
ical and artistic enthusiasm, but there is just 
that touch of the Pompeiian spirit in this gar¬ 
den that has power to call up the shades of the 
weary dead, and one is very grateful. 'Phis is 
not a garden for golf clothes and bicycle skirts 
it is true, but so much the worse for these re¬ 
pellent but useful habiliments. The trouble 
lies with society that clothes itself monkey- 
fashion, not with the garden, which, if it were 
designed as a setting for modern modes would 
GARDEN STEPS 
FAULKNER FARM 
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