Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-11
LAUREL HILL PUPIL
WINS ART ASSN. PRIZ


 At the business meeting of the Nor wich Art Students Association on Mon day evening Miss Faith Leavens reported that the prize for the best composition written by sixth grade pupil after wis iting Slater Memorial Museum had been awarded to the Laurel Hill school. She read the composition, Greek Sculpture written by Gilbert Murray of this school. The prize awarded every year by the Art | Association is framed copy Of some famous picture. the one this year being BaStien Lepages Joan of Arc' Honorable mention was given the work of Rose Hodgkinson of Wequonnoc school | Taftville
 The members of the nominating commit 1 tee appointed to present a ballot for of 1 ficers and chaTmen of committees at l the annual meeting of the association in 1 June were Miss Mabel s. Webb, Mis- 1 Della Leavens and Mrs Robert w. Per l kins
 At the expiration of the period for ] which aid for French orphans was pledg 1 ed will come soon, it was voted to turn 1 any sum of money remaining into the ] general treasury for the French govern 1 ment has announced that it can take care i of these orphans.
 The bu iness meeting then adjourned and tha members listened with great in terest to Miss Amy Coggswelrs descrip- ton of the European gardens she visited last summer.
 1 At Gaserta, Sicicily, the old palace ha : l been made into barracks. but the wonder 1 ful cascades remain; and the clipped ilex 1 hedges with their background of untrim- 1 med trees, still show us one of the dis dinctiye features Of Italian formal gar ] denh. Everywhere the asphod.,l. CseG l so much in oil classic gardens. seems | l grow wild. and the clouds of aincon i blessos liehten the darker Background Of the hillSidas. It is sur-rise to tour i ists to find all kinds of flowers growth together in Sicily. for narcis. us. iris anf ] all our s1riug flowers blossom at the same lime as the later summer plants l The mass2s of glowing color gre etrerne ly beautiful and the growth is riotous.
 Everywhere in Itart ona sees the tai i pointed cypress trees planted near lowe, round topped trees, with a slender cam Dai2ila or bell tower rising in The back ground. Another very simple anl very beautiful arrangement is the placing e flower boxes along the top of the balus trades on balconies and cip stairwavs.
 Pictures Of the rereola at Aaoalfi tho 1 most perfectly proportioned pergola in the world were shown: with views of Frascat Como and Lugan, ar' the fields d nef'cissls f7 the sub q inc
 
 The little Swiss cottage gardens re- mind us of the old time door yard gar l ders of New England fenced in white 3alings. In France the gardens at Yer sailles are still the most peau1lu1 an 1 extensive. Last summer the extremely dry weather in England burned up many of l the English gardens. As the water was so low that the Englishman's bath al- lowance had to be curtaiIed to the shrub berries and parks presented forlorn ap- t5caTar1ce, but at Hamicton Court the gardens were fresh and nourishing. az i this is crown pToperty and always well kept.
 English gardens are as a rule. much like our own, because our forefathers planted their gardens like those they re- membered in their old home The greater I charm of the English gardens seems tC me mostly due to the quaint and beau
 uful old buildings that they surround : and in the cottage gardens at StratforC the picturesque thatched roofs add great : ly to the effect. The chief distinctive feature that we have retained in our owl s gardens is the straight away or patl f running directly from the house to tn,
 heart of the garden, planted on eacl 0 side with borders oe flowers The cot :. tage gardens are always full of color T. planted apparently in haphazard way n but always pleasing. One thing that " u cannot do because of the different i
 climate is to train shrubebry and frui
 trees against the walls.
 It is very difficult to gain admissio Y to English private gardens; because tn
 owners of large estates seem more will
 ing to open their houses to the publi : than their gardens. which are &he place U U of family retreat on the public visitin U days. Even when the family are ava o o tn gardeners maintain the rule of stric U seclusion and do not succunlb to persus 'l sion readily. Since the war English taxe Is hay been so high that owners of larg
 places have been forced to cut down e1 IS penses till the gardens have suffered frol le lack of care.
 8: One garden into which Miss Cogswe Q strayed by mistake proved to belong 's a young Englishman who had spent se, eral years in America and was a pupil g the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Gal Il Gening. It was a pleasant surprise
 her teacher to find that this charmin
 garden which at first, the gardener di
 not want to show her because the famil C were away. was that of one of her ow pupils. and displayed very good result
 from plans and methods they had i md 'friet r.