New-York tribune., 1903-02-28

graphs by Charles Latham toiio p, pr; PEharIss Is
Scrihlers Sons
A woMAN's HARDY GARDEN. BY 0,,i hebena Pho
bv E Pofesso Mi6n ~ chandier Emo
pp. 21s. The Macmillan Company
TREES AND sHRUBs FOR 3,,d EMGLIsH d;S94v fAG LIE
Library. octave PIP 47l Imported by Charles
Scribner's Sons.
The second volume OF Gardens Old ano Ne"
is like the first. filled with enchanting pct
ures. Here are pleasaunces and terraces ano
gardens, fowery formal. mostly old, and rlch
in the mellow perfection Of age Nowhere OUT
of England to-day can such ordered loveliness
Ae matched. The old villa gardens OF Italy nave
their own beauty. but it is now melancholy
poetic beauty and far from complete IN detail
The English garden at its stateliest is miracle
Of dainty carefuiness and glorious CROWN
Most of the gardens celebrated in this volume
belong 10 historic estates. and are IN some
cases the work of centuries; most OF them
too are excessively costly, requiring small
army Of skilled gardeners and helpers to Keep
them in condition Many Of them in their later
Developments are the outcome Of the taste ana
s.udv of the owner-as at beautiful Hoar Cross
where Mrs Meynell Ingram has shown that the
character of an old garden can be won within
thc srace of a few years The distinctive feat
ure Of the old English garden-its Enclosure with
IFS delicious sense of seclusion-is TO be noted
IN nearly all the illustrations of these pleasure
grounds hut il is only out of many charm
ing features The thing that most delights us
bout these gardens is their wide variety OF eI-
feet all SO wisely planned that they melt INTO
one harmonious whole and form A perfect set
ting for the mansion which they surround
An element Of quaint and beautiful dignity is
brought into the composition by the many ter
--scae-ve wish that they could be oftener
used in the United States 1t is pity Iha'
masonry here is a luxury which can be known
only by the very rich. Those, by the way
who are in search Of an odd and agreeable ef-
rac+ shou1d study the pictures of the terrace
s+ans At Iackvood House. They are made or
= curior,s wedgeshaped brick. and are partcu-
larlv suited TO their flowery environment 1hls
whole volume in fact offers a mine OF sue-
gestions TO the possessor Of country estate
"A wou2an's Hardy Garden is admirable
,,;ece Of vyork-a book TO be welcomed with en-
thusjasu1 by the ignorant but willing novice
&, gardening Here are really practical dlrec-
tions for making charming but not too am
bilious flower garden-directions which are
doublv practical in being not only the result Oh
experjence but the harvest OF artlstc I'M
pulse and of a deep love for the work we
are especially glad TO note Mrs Ely's minute
instructions as 10 the preparation OF ule soH
and the raising and treatment Of seedings' she
ri,ee details which too many instructors
seem to think unnecessary, but when are 'he
>e-v things 20 be desired by one new to the
,,,orl, The bits of personal experiment. from
which every ardent flower grower derives some
,1seful lesson she generously shares With her
reader Her ideas IS to distribution and group
ing Of plants are excellent, eVinclng as nnoch
good sense as good taste. Just one practlcdA
hint she tells us. she was able 10 get from
-.Fclizabetf's German Garden"-the use OF pam
sizes for carpeting rose bed She tried IL Win
the delightful result that from April lo uhui
la+a in August her rose beds were simply a
carpet OF white and yellow The rch SOIL ana
The free watering demanded for the roses had
slI,,etI7ing 70 do with this as we'll the daily
,,c7,o,-al ,f az blossoms which were beginning
"a 7-i4her As for the darlings Of the profess
sional gardener the amateur who really loves
flowers VIII delight in the authors pleas lot
the sweet. old fashioned denizens OF the gar
den Apropos of chrysa nthemums, she says:
An armful of the hardy garden ones. with
their delicious odor. is worth greenhouse fuil
of the unnatural things which are the profess
sional gardeners pride. When you can keep
twenty or more vases filed from your own
garden with these last blossoms of the year, in
all their lovely colors. and not miss one OF
them from the plants. you Will agree with me
that they are the only kind to raise" The
reader fn fact will agree with the author in
every horticultural idea she advances, for she
is the wisest and most winning teacher OF the
fascinating art of gardening that we have met
in modern print.
Although Mr Cooks book is intended for the
edification OF his fellow Britons planting in a
climate unlike ours the American will find in 1t
much that is interesting and practically vslua-
BILE He too. needs to learn that an abundant
variety of shrub and tree is at his disposal
that the conventional careless planting of a
few fackneyed sorts is foolish thing in a
world Of lavish beauty He, too, would be the
better for these lessons in picturesque grouping
and graceful adjustment We have read with
particular interest the section pleached or
green alleys and commend it TO all amateur
designers of pleasure grounds. The pergola Is
I'm its way and in its rightful place thing of
beauty bot il ought not TO blind SO many
people to the charms of the green alley. an
aisle of glorious color and waverinS shade.
owing nothing. after the first training poles are
removed to artificial support One engaging
combination suggested by Mr.. Cook is weep
ing ash-weeping elms would do as well-witb
wistaria growing all and through IT. In
making a pergoia or pleached alley one thing.
he notes. should be carefully considered:
It should be remembered that when path
Is made more important by passing under
trained green groWths il should have some
definite reason for being accentuated. GER
tsinly at one and d-siraby at both ends 1t
often occurs that in laying out ground the
owner wishes to have pergoa, as 1t were in
the air and when there is nothing TO justify
its presence 1t should not be put at nap
hazard over any part OF the garden walk IL
OF any length it should distinctly lead from
somewhere t0 somewhere OF Importance III % Ue
garden design and should al least az one enc; enc;
finish in some distinct full stop, such as Wen
designed summer house or teahouse-