The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
FLOWERS FROM EACH OF
 STATES IN HER GARDEN
"WhO Loves a Garden Still His Eden Keeps" Is Wo-
 mans Motto.

garden of Mrs. Henry Newell of Main street is without a doubt the prettiest spot in this town. This garden takes up the entire back yard of their beau tiful home, and it is divided into sev- eral smaller gardens. One of these sections Mrs. Newell calls her wall garden, as the plants and flowers grow on a stone wall. On this wall there are plants growing which Mrs. Newell has received from every state in the United States. Her friends in these states have sent her the plants and she has been able to make them all grow. This garden might also be called an international one, as there are flow CTS in it from many of the European countries. She has peoples from the Garden of Grenada, in Spain, and ed elweiss from the Alps mountains in Switzerland. She also has some dia- letra, or "bleeding heart" Jas it is sometimes called, from Mark Twains garden at Bedding, Conn.
 In the center of this garden stands a large oil jar, which Mrs. Newell re- ceived from Louisiana. This jar is over 100 years old and was sent from Spain to Louisiana filled with olive oil, before the time that this country bought that state.
 Blossoms Among Rocks.
 Another section of this garden Mrs. Newell calls her rock garden. This garden is full of large stones, among which grow flowers and plants of all descriptions. One side of this garden Is lined with rustic trellis and on the front of their barn, which lines anoth- CT side of the garden, is the motto, ''Who Loves Garden Still His Eden Keeps" This motto is made of cedar twigs which Mrs. Newell has gathered.
 Another section of the garden is set apart for wild flowers only, though it has been said that it is impossible to transplant trailing arbutus and wild evergreens, Mrs. Newell has done so successfully. All of these wild flowers have been gathered in the woods by Mrs. Newell and she has been able to grow them as we'll as they grew in their native woods and fields. She also has many trees and bushes grow ing in different parts of her gardens. Birds Feeding Table. In one part of the garden is large feeding table which Mrs. Newell kept stocked with bread crumbs and grain for the birds during the winter. This garden is a popular spot for the birds and Mrs. Newell has numerous bird
 homes where the birds raise their young. In another place in the gar den stands big stone lantern. This lantern at one time was part of an old lighthouse which stood on the coast of Japan It is hewn out of a solid piece of stone and stands about five feet high She also has a large stone efo which she got from Japan. This frog stands on the bank of a small pond which she has built in the garden. In this pond are a number of gold fish. In winter she brings the fish inside her home, where she has built a beau tiful pond for them enclosed in plate glass and built of cement and slag. This pond has a minia ture fountain In it and can be lighted with electric lights.
 Mrs. Newell has just received an old stone sink, which was hewn from one big stone and owned by her great grandfather. This sink, at the time was the only one in this part of the country with an outlet. At the pres ent time 1t is probably the only one of its kind in the country. Mrs. New ell plans to erect it in her garden and will cover it with trellis work Then she will fill it with water for the birds to use as a bathing pond. Does Work Herself.
 Mrs. Newell has Lid out this gar den herself and has done all but the heaviest of the work. She takes great interest in flowers and has won derful success in raising them. She can be found at work in her garden nearly every day, and this garden is the great point of interest for all flower lovers for miles around. She is the owner of probably the only wild cactus plant fount around here. This plant was found in the mountains
 near Unionvil1e, Conn.,, and sent to her. When Mrs. Newell goes out mo- ] toring she is continually on the look out for new flowers and plants Around the stone lantern in her gar den she has been growing some ivy which she got from an old house in Nantucket This house is the oldest one on the island, and is now a great @o to1 rjSfc