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House 
& Garden 
The G ardens of 
H. W. CROFT 
Greenwich, Ct. 
James L. Greenleaf 
and Ellen Shipman 
Landscape Architects 
The long lines 
of the great 
double herba¬ 
ceous border 
are nicely bro¬ 
ken by bushes 
of old box- 
ix) o o d, while 
down the cen¬ 
ter of the grass 
way a flagstone 
path leads in¬ 
vitingly into 
the shade of the 
summer house 
M. E. Ilewitt 
tour pyramidal arborvitae serve as 
accent points at the intersection of 
two turfed, forget-me-not bordered 
paths. Ellen Shipman, landscape architect 
A high brick wall, pierced by an at¬ 
tractively designed gateway, forms the 
background for the herbaceous border. 
Massed box solidifies the planting 
