One Source of Color Values 
A GARDEN ENTRANCE WITH A CORONET OF LEAVES 
AND SENTINELS OF HYDRANGEAS 
THE WINDOWS, SHOWING THE SKILLFUL TREAT¬ 
MENT OF THE USEFUL AND THE BEAUTIFUL' 
valuable. It holds together the wide borders of 
flowers, the big beds of popples, peonies, morning- 
glories, larkspur, dahlias, candytuft, London pride, 
bouncing-bet and the whole host of old-time favorites, 
each in their separate bed. 
“ Here is a sweet pea, single and rare, of an 
exquisite shade. Mrs Rudyard Kipling sent this to 
me from England,” said the Painter, as he gathered 
three or four of the 
dainty blossoms. 
The circular rose 
garden is built into 
the upper terrace— 
a crown of glory 
filled with the roses 
of yesterday. Not 
the highly cultivated 
darlings of fashion¬ 
able society, — pris¬ 
oners of the tireen- 
house; but natural¬ 
ized emigrants from 
the four great peo¬ 
ples of Asia, who 
each had their own 
variety, carrying 
them in their wan¬ 
derings, and roses 
that flavored the 
literature of Chaucer 
and of Shakespeare, the damask rose, the tea rose, 
the yellow rose and the roses of York and Lancas¬ 
ter, of mediawal significance,—the lovely white 
Cherokee rose, with its Oriental luxuriance and 
abandon, becoming once again a very weed, - the 
wild brier and the beautiful dog rose. 
“1 wonder if you know the name of this water-lily. 
I have just received it, and it is of a kind new to me,” 
said the Painter, as 
we drew near one of 
the small lily ponds 
at the northern end 
of the lower terrace, 
the border of which 
is of blue flag, with 
its violet-blue, pur¬ 
ple-vened body; 
Nature’s flower of 
chivalry, supported 
by long, sword¬ 
shaped leaves,stand¬ 
ing erect. [ his lily 
is small, crisp and 
firm, wHth fleshy 
petals, dazzling 
white. And as we 
look earnestly at 
this golden centred 
chalice,floating com¬ 
fortably, surrounded 
UPPER PERGOLA WITH ONE ENTRANCE TO ROOM IN TOWER 
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