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The American Flower
Garden
By NELTJE BLANCHAN Planting Lists by LEONARD BARRON ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS BY NELTJE BLANCHAN: NATURE'S GARDEN HOW TO ATTRACT THE BIRDS BIRDS THAT HUNT AND ARE HUNTED BIRDS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW BIRD NEIGHBORS Original Publishing information: THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO ONE
THOUSAND AND FIFTY COPIES, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 694. COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, APRIL, 1909 AN ABANDONED STONE QUARRY, TRANSFORMED BY THE SUBTLE ART OF THE GARDENER, WHICH ALMOST DEFIES DETECTION, INTO A NATURALISTIC ROCK GARDEN. TO MY HUSBAND BUT FOR WHOM NONE OF MY BOOKS WOULD EVER HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED
"'What is a garden?' It is man's report of earth at her best. It is earth emancipated from the commonplace. It is man's love of loveliness carried to excess -- man's craving for the ideal grown to a fine lunacy. It is piquant wonderment; culminated beauty that, for all its combination of telling and select items, can still contrive to look natural, debonair, native to its Place." -- JOHN D. SEDDING.
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CONTENTS
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I. | THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND ART |
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II. |
SITUATION AND DESIGN |
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III. |
THE FORMAL GARDEN |
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IV. |
THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN |
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V. |
THE NATURALISTIC GARDEN |
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VI. |
THE WILD GARDEN |
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VII. |
THE ROCK GARDEN |
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VIII. |
THE WATER GARDEN |
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IX. |
TREES |
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X. |
SHRUBS |
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XI. |
PERENNIALS FOR A THOUGHT-OUT GARDEN |
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XII. |
ANNUALS |
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XIII. |
BULBS, TUBEROUS PLANTS AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES |
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XIV. |
THE ROSE GARDEN |
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XV. |
VINES |
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XVI. |
GARDEN FURNITURE |
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AN ABANDONED STONE QUARRY, TRANSFORMED BY THE SUBTLE ART OF THE GARDENER (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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THE JAPANESE IRIS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THE SITE WAS THE STEEP SLOPE OF A MOUNTAIN (Barnette, Barnabee Company) |
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A COLONY OF NARCISSUS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUTCROPPING ROCKS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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THE CATALPA TREE (A. Radcliffe Dugmore) |
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HYBRID RHODODENDRONS NATURALISED ON THE BANKS OF A POND (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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COREOPSIS AND LARKSPUR ALONG A GRASSY PATH (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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THIS SECTION OF AN OLD AND OVER-LARGE VEGETABLE GARDEN WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A HOME FOR HARDY ROSES (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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A SHELTERED PERGOLA UNITING HOUSE AND GARDEN (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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HALF TONE ENGRAVINGS |
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A HAPPY COMBINATION OF NATURE AND ART (Henry Troth) |
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TO LENGTHEN DISTANCE AND ADD TO THE APPARENT SIZE OF ONE'S GROUNDS (Henry Troth) |
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FOR UNITING A BOUNDARY BELT OF TREES TO A LAWN (Henry Troth) |
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NO SINGLE FEATURE SO SUCCESSFULLY UNITES A HOUSE TO THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AS A FINE OLD TREE (Herbert Angell) |
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AN EMBELLISHED BUT NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND (J. Horace McFarland) |
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THAT IT MAY GIVE THE MOST PLEASURE TO BUSY PEOPLE, THE GARDEN SHOULD BE CONVENIENTLY NEAR THE HOME (Russell Doubleday) |
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PRIVACY, SHADE AND A DISTANT PROSPECT WITHIN A RING OF FLOWERS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
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"SOME FLOTSAM AND JETSAM OF BLOOM, LIKE THE SAND-LOVING PORTULACA AND SEA PINKS, EXTEND ALMOST TO THE WAVES" |
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A GARDEN OVERLOOKED FROM AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (E. E. Soderholtz) |
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A HARDY GARDEN BORDERING A LAWN (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
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FOR A HOME OCCUPIED IN SUMMER ONLY (Nathan R. Graves) RESTORED GARDEN IN THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII, POMPEII |
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LANDING PLACE FOR PLEASURE BOATS ON THE LAKE IN A RENAISSANCE GARDEN, ROME |
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THE POOL, FALCONIERI, REFLECTING CYPRESSES FIVE CENTURIES OLD |
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A GARDEN ARRANGED WITH FLOWER-FILLED PARTERRES, AFTER THE ITALIAN METHOD (Henry Troth) |
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ONE OF THE BEST MODERN AMERICAN FORMAL GARDENS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
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A CHARMING SMALL, GARDEN INEXPENSIVE TO PLANT AND TO MAINTAIN (Henry Troth) |
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THE GARDEN, MOUNT VERNON, SHOWING FRENCH INFLUENCE, PROBABLY LE NOTRE'S (Leet Brothers) |
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BOXWOOD HEDGES OVER A CENTURY OLD (Henry Troth) |
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A TANGLE OF BEAUTY AND LUXURIANCE (Henry Troth) |
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AN UNPRETENTIOUS, HOME-LIKE LITTLE GARDEN (Henry Troth) |
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FRAXINELLA, THE FRAGRANT-LEAVED AND RESINOUS GAS PLANT, BELOVED BY OUR GRANDMOTHERS (Dr. R. L. Dickinson) |
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THE SPIRIT OF THE COLONIAL HOME AND GARDEN (Nathan R. Graves) |
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POET'S NARCISSUS NATURALISED ALONG AN OPEN WOODLAND WALK (J. Horace McFarland) |
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STAR-LIKE NARCISSI IN THE WILD GRASS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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SECTION OF THE SAME BIT OF NATURALISTIC PLANTING SHOWN IN THE PRECEDING PICTURE (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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TALL, LATE GARDEN TULIPS (Gesneriana) NATURALISED IN A GRASSY BORDER IN FRONT OF SHRUBBERY (J. Horace McFarland) |
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TAWNY ORANGE DAY LILIES NATURALISED ALONG A DRIVE (J. Horace McFarland) |
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PERMANENT HARDY LILIES AND SHIRLEY POPPIES |
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DOUBLE ENGLISH DAISIES DISCARDED FROM FORMAL FLOWER BEDS MAY BE NATURALISED ON THE SUNNY BANK OF A POND (J. Horace McFarland) |
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OUR NATIVE BLOODROOT DELIGHTS IN HAVING ITS ROOTS IN A COOL, ROCKY CREVICE (J. Horace McFarland) |
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SHEETS OF BLUE FORGET-ME-NOTS SPREAD OVER THE BANKS OF A WILD GARDEN (J. Horace McFarland) |
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WAXY WHITE INDIAN PIPES AND CREEPING DALIBARDA (J. Horace McFarland) |
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OUR NATIVE SHOWY LADY'S SLIPPER IN MOIST ALLUVIAL SOIL (Willis H. Sargent) |
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A GRASSY PATH ON EITHER SIDE OF WHICH COLONIES OF WILD FLOWERS BLOOM (T. E. Marr) |
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FERNS AND WOOD ASTERS IN A SHADY PLACE (J. Horace McFarland) |
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A SUGGESTIVE ENTRANCE To A ROCK GARDEN (Henry Troth) |
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A CARPET OF CREEPING PHLOX (J. Horace McFarland) |
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YELLOW, ORANGE, AND WHITE PERENNIAL ICELAND POPPIES (J. Horace McFarland) |
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ROCK GARDEN BESIDE A BROOK IN EARLY SPRING (J. Horace McFarland) |
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"WATER IN A LANDSCAPE IS AS A MIRROR TO A ROOM -- THE FEATURE THAT DOUBLES AND ENHANCES ALL ITS CHARMS" (T. E. Marr) |
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A BROOK MAY BE INDUCED BY A DAM TO OVERFLOW A BIT OF LOW-LYING MEADOW AND BECOME THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR IN A WATER GARDEN (Henry Troth) |
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WHAT WATER GARDEN WAS EVER COMPLETE WITHOUT ITS GOLDEN-HEARTED, PASTEL-TINTED WATER-LILIES? (C. J. Hibbard) |
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FACING PAGE FLOATING WATER LILIES AND INDIAN LOTUSES (W. H. Hill) |
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WHAT WOULD ONE NOT GIVE TO POSSESS SUCH AN OAK – THE VERY EMBODIMENT OF STRENGTH AND NOBILITY? (John T. Withers) |
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STRONG MASS PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (O. C. Simonds) |
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AN AVENUE OF WHITE PINES (Partridge) |
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GARDEN ENTRANCE THROUGH A DENSE HEDGE OF ARBORVITAE (Thuya Occidentalis) (T. E. Marr) |
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HORNBEAM TREES FORMING A PLEACHED ARBOUR |
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A TREE PEONY WHICH BLOOMS EARLIER THAN ITS HERBACEOUS RELATIVES (J. Horace McFarland) |
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LONGFELLOW'S HOME FRAMED BY WELL-BALANCED PLANTING (W. H. Halliday) |
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THE FRAGRANT NATIVE MAGNOLIA OF THE SWAMPS AND WET, OPEN WOODS (Henry Troth) |
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"SURE, YE CAN'T SEE THE TREE FUR THE FLOWERS ON IT" (T. E. Marr) |
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WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITHOUT SHRUBS? (T. L. Mart) |
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A FRINGE OF GRACEFUL DEUTZIAS (Gracilis) |
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THE BRIDAL WREATH (C. J. Crandall & Company) |
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THE RHODODENDRON IS OUR BEST EVERGREEN SHRUB (J. Horace McFarland) |
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A HAPPY COLONY OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE (HeIIeborus niger) (Nathan R. Graves) |
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LUPINES ARE FLOWERS OF THE SWEET-PEA TYPE ARRANGED IN VERY TALL, VERTICAL CLUSTERS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
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WHITE PHLOX, SHELL PINK SINGLE HOLLYHOCKS AND BEE LARK SPUR (Herbert Angell) |
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BOLTONIA -- ONE OF THE BEST OF THE ASTER-LIKE PLANTS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
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A PERENNIAL BORDER (Henry Troth) |
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HOLLYHOCKS ARE ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE IN THE FORMAL GARDEN (J. Horace McFarland) |
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ASTER BORDER AROUND AN OAK (J. Horace McFarland) |
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SINGLE WHITE PETUNIAS IN THE FOREGROUND OF SHRUBBERY (Nathan R. Graves) |
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THE TOBACCO PLANT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A FADED BALL-ROOM BEAUTY BY DAY, SHOULD BE VIEWED FROM A LITTLE DISTANCE (Nathan R. Graves) |
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CHEERFUL YELLOW CROCUSES GLITTERING ON A LAWN IN EARLY SPRING (Nathan R. Graves) |
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EMPEROR DAFFODILS ALONG AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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ONE OF THE LOVELIEST AND EASIEST WAYS TO BEAUTIFY A HALF-SHADY KNOLL OR A BIT OF OPEN WOODLAND IS TO PLANT THE STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM (Henry Troth) |
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DOUBLE BORDER OF GERMAN IRISES ALONG A GRASSY PATH (T. E. Marr) |
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THE GUINEA HEN FLOWER (Nathan R. Graves) |
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TALL WHITE LILIES (L. candidum) GROWN IN A CIRCLE OF HARDY FLOWERS (Claude Miller) . |
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A LONG ISLAND GARDEN WHERE ROSES ARE GATHERED EVERY DAY FROM MAY UNTIL THANKSGIVING WITH A TIDAL WAVE |
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OF BLOOM IN JUNE (Nathan R. Graves) |
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MARIE VAN HOUTTE -- A TOO TENDER TEA ROSE FOR SAFE CULTIVATION IN NORTHERN GARDENS (Q. V. Lange) |
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FACING PAGE ROSES FOR SHRUBBERY EFFECTS (.J. Horace McFarland Company) 308 PERGOLAS ARE INDEBTED TO THE HARDY, CLEAN, VIGOROUS |
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RAMBLER ROSES FOR MUCH OF THEIR CHARM (Henry Troth) |
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WISTARIA -- THE VINE OF MANY PURPOSES (T. E. Marr) |
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HONEYSUCKLE VINES LIGHTLY TWINED ABOUT THE PILLARS |
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THE VINE-CLAD FRONT WALL OF AN OLD STONE HOUSE (Henry Troth) |
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WHY SHOULD THE BACK-STOPS OF TENNIS COURTS USUALLY BE BARE AND UNSIGHTLY? |
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ROSTRUM OF THE AMPHITHEATRE, ARLINGTON |
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ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES IN HAVING A FOUNTAIN NEAR THE HOUSE (Floyd E. Baker) |
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THE MARBLE TABLE, ON WHICH THE SUN-DIAL RESTS, IS A COPY OF ONE UNEARTHED AT POMPEII (Gustav Lorey) |
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ENTRANCE TO A FORMAL GARDEN ENLIVENED BY A DOUBLE ROW OF HYDRANGEAS (T. E. Mart) |
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RUSTIC FURNITURE THAT MAY BE LEFT OUT IN ALL WEATHERS (Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr.) |
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THE FORMALITY OF ARCHITECTURE HERE DEMANDS EXTREME FORMALITY IN THE TREATMENT OF THE GROUNDS IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING IT (Floyd E. Baker) |
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AN OUT-OF-DOOR LIVING-ROOM (Henry Troth) |
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FOUNTAIN OF BRONZE AND MARBLE DESIGNED BY ELIHU VEDDER |
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THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND ART |