March, 1923 
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While an adjoining prop¬ 
erty cuts into the regu¬ 
lar lines of Lady Sack- 
ville’s garden, its pres¬ 
ence has helped make 
possible the house ter¬ 
race, the long walk and 
the shelter at the rear 
rial. The walls are covered with wisteria, 
woodbine and ivy. In the beds are found 
rhododendrons, laurel, hawthorn and cas¬ 
tor oil plant, the last an ideal annual for 
shaded city gardens not only because it will 
thrive but because of its generous foliage. 
In addition to these are found, scattered 
in the beds, yellow day lilies, lemon yel¬ 
low, deep yellow and flame colored snap¬ 
dragons, blue hydrangeas (another ideal 
city garden plant) annual larkspur, del¬ 
phinium, dwarf fuchsia, blue violas, phlox, 
zinnias, lilium speciosum, and calceolaria. 
The shelter at the end 
of the long walk is one of 
the most interesting fea¬ 
tures of the garden. Here 
a space against the rear 
wall is covered with a sec¬ 
tion of glass roofing, mak¬ 
ing it habitable even in 
rainy weather. Under this 
glass canopy has been 
placed a grouping of de¬ 
lightful garden furniture. 
On either side of the iron 
bench stands a Dresden 
china lemon tree in a dec¬ 
orated pot. They are 
beautiful examples, the china leaves, blos¬ 
soms and fruits being so perfectly exe¬ 
cuted that at first glance they seem real. On 
the wall above hangs an old picture of a 
cottage bowered in flowers; this also is of 
china. The lamp is Lowestoft and hangs 
from a wrought iron bracket. Here is an 
ideal corner for tea or for a quiet moment. 
We can recommend the glass canopy as a 
feature to copy in American city gardens. 
This entire garden is worth studying 
for the simplicity of its treatment and the 
great amount of interest that has been 
created in a small space. 
While most of our city 
gardens are square or 
oblong areas, some of us 
may be so fortunate as 
to own an irregular lot. 
On such, as in this gar¬ 
den, a sense of vista can 
be given by creating a 
straight, unbroken walk; 
diversity of interest will 
be found in making such 
a little shelter as ex¬ 
plained above. As for the 
flowers that will grow, you 
will have to experiment. 
H. V. Duryea 
Directly off the garden terrace is this 
room, which has a floral motif in its 
decoration, making a pleasant transi¬ 
tion from house to garden 
One of the windows looking out on an 
uninteresting view is filled with glass 
shelves on which has been placed a col¬ 
lection of colored glass 
