The House and Garden of Mr. Charles H. Platt 
1 . '. 
THE WALK TO THE STUDIO 
MR. PLATT’S HOUSE 
have Howe ring 
shrubs inthecorners. 
Spirea, rose rugosa, 
hydrangeas, lilacs 
and the like, pre¬ 
dominate and form 
a rich green back¬ 
ground tor such per¬ 
ennials as peonies, 
larkspur, phlox, 
bergamot, wild 
asters, and tall hel- 
lenium. In the early 
summer the m a i n 
e ff e c t is obtained 
from the larkspur, 
which appears at its 
best along the longi¬ 
tudinal walk, while 
in August it is the 
LARKSPLfR 
phlox upon which 
the garden depends 
chiefly for bloom. 
The latter is repro¬ 
duced most abun¬ 
dantly in the upper 
i 1 lustration u p o n 
page seventeen. 
Beyond the main 
garden there is an¬ 
other flight of steps 
leading to the lawn 
below, the sides of 
which are planted 
with a thicket o f 
flowering shrubs. 
The design of the 
house has been sub¬ 
ordinated obviously 
to its surroundings, 
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