“ Maxwell Court 
> > 
pied the central 
parterres sur¬ 
rounding the 
grassy quad¬ 
rangles. On 
the north wall, 
beyond “ The 
Children’s Gar¬ 
den,” is climb¬ 
ing euonymus, 
in front o t 
which are hol¬ 
ly h o c k s in 
company with 
Japanese privet 
and s piraea, 
graceful sun¬ 
flowers and 
rudbeckia. The 
border de¬ 
scends to the 
walk by means 
of snowballs, 
New England 
daisies, cosmos, 
babv’s breath, 
J J 
and phlox. 
Euonymus is 
A VISTA FROM THE PERGOLA 
here used as a 
hedge, outside 
of which heli¬ 
otrope hangs 
over a narrow 
curbing of cut 
bluestone. In¬ 
side the hemi- 
cycle, at the 
base of the 
pergola, is a 
narrow bed en¬ 
closing a lawn 
in its curving 
reach. Here 
are Japanese 
pinks, peonies 
and stocks, and 
amid them wild 
grape, wistaria 
and Dutch¬ 
man’s pipe rise 
upon the piers 
supporting the 
open roof. 
Rhododen¬ 
drons are in 
the corners of 
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