House and Garden 
A VIEW FROM “THE CHILDREN’S GARDEN” 
plation may watch the 
close of the sun’s daily 
journey. 
Even in the gar¬ 
den’s youth invited 
beauty has arrived. 
Little more than a 
year old it was when 
the first pictures were 
taken. These are re¬ 
produced here; and 
others, also shown, 
were taken but four 
or five weeks later. 
In that short inter¬ 
val the step of ma¬ 
turity can be seen; 
and if the reader 
were to see the gar¬ 
den now he would 
find the luxuriance 
of late summer has 
filled the parterres, 
enclosed vistas and 
covered walls else 
made beautiful by 
carved stone frag- 
THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FORECOURT 
A stair inside the recess ascends to the grove 
ments gathered in 
many distant lands. 
On examining the 
design of the garden it 
is noticed how few in 
number are the par¬ 
terres and how they 
are shaped to be suf¬ 
ficiently decorative 
and are yet easy of 
comprehension at 
their own level, for 
the garden consists 
of one level only. 
The circulation offers 
no puzzle to the vis¬ 
itor, nor does it aim 
to entertain his rest¬ 
less mood. Rather 
does it reflect the 
dignity of the adjoin¬ 
ing building, and at 
the same time enables 
the lover of flowers 
to follow their beds 
leisurely and to view 
their gradations of 
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