A Small New Hampshire Garden 
A better idea of the foliage can be obtained 
by examining the picture which looks diagon¬ 
ally across the garden towards the piazza, 
and shows the small covered porch leading 
into and out from the living-rooms of the 
house. The small flowers to the right are 
boltonia, while the mass of green in the cen¬ 
ter is of marigolds, which were planted after 
the larkspur was cut down, and which have 
only just begun to bloom. Another illus¬ 
tration is taken from the embankment, and 
looks diagonally across the garden in an 
opposite direction. The white wall which 
frames the garden in to the left is made of 
wooden laths and will eventually be covered 
by the green vines—clematis, bitter-sweet 
and actinidia,—which as yet have not 
reached a sufficient growth for the purpose. 
Earlier in the season, there is a row of 
hollyhocks along the whole length of 
this side of the garden. This picture gives 
a good idea of the background which the 
garden possesses in the way of elm and 
pine trees. 
In justice to Mr. Charles A. Platt, the 
designer both of the house and the garden, 
it should be added that work is still in an 
unfinished condition. The plan calls for a 
much more complete enclosure than any 
which now exists. It is proposed to con¬ 
tinue the wall on the left to the end of the 
garden ; to cut down the embankment; 
to frame the garden in on that side with 
a low parapet, backed by shrubbery, and 
to erect, at the end of the main axis, 
a pergola or some similar structure, 
which will supply that end of the garden 
with an architectural motive. The house 
and garden is, however, a very good example 
of what can be done at a comparatively 
small expense in the way of building up 
a complete country place—a country 
place, that is, which is not only good to 
look at and pleasant to live in, but 
which requires for its maintenance per¬ 
sistent attention and hard but remunerative 
work. 
H. D. C. 
LOOKING DOWN THE MAIN PATH 
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