Views of a More 
_ Elaborate Formal ery 
This is a very large for- 
mal garden, about 150 
feet wide by 250 feet 
long, surrounded on all 
sides, except that of the 
house, by a tall, close, 
sheared hedge of Amert- 
can Pyramidal Arbor- 
Vitae. Note that central 
view of the garden looks 
out directly from the large 
5-glass picture window in 
the house, affording a 
magnificent view of the 
garden. The center grass panel is set 
about 2 feet lower than the general level 
of the garden and is surrounded by a 
low stone wall with broad stone steps at 
either end of the grass panel up to the 
general garden level. A broad stone 
walk leads out from the house, connect- 
ing to similar narrower walks leading 
entirely around the garden. A summer 
house is set opposite the house at the 
far end of the garden and built in archi 
tectural harmony with the house. Note 
that there is but one tree in the garden, 

set in the corner of the grass panel. 
The lower picture shows the view 
from the picture window of the house. 
At either side of the walk there are beds 
of Polyantha Rose Eblouissant, a deep 
red, large-flowered everblooming dwarf 
rose. These beds extend the full width 
of the garden. Beyond the low stone 
wall are similar solid beds of Polyantha 
Rose, Mrs. R. M. Finch. American 
Arbor-Vitae specimens accent the cor- 
ers of the wall surrounding the grass 
panel. 
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