Come idle a while beneath my trees 
Where salt sea breezes play 
Just live a day or two with me 
— You'll never go away . 
(Character in Jfome and Cjarden 
The single word “Character” adequately expresses the appeal 
of this delightful and typical Cape Cod Cottage home. Just as 
the character of the home is typical of its locality, so the character 
of the home garden should be equally appropriate. Dr. F. A. 
Waugh aptly voices this belief in these words:— 
“A garden without some personality back of it and 
throughout it is in a poor manner of existence. In hardly 
any other domain is it so greatly to be desired that the 
maker of the work should show his individual taste. 
The interior of the house may be machine-made, ready 
furnished by the real estate company, but the garden 
never! That has to be wrought out by the invention, 
the wisdom and the patience of someone with the heart 
to make a home. There must be some personality, some 
character in it and every perfect garden must have its 
own local motive.” 
