. Beautiful gardens in America. o C/3 O O o r3 O o _^ N XII ILLINOIS AND INDIANA Illinois, with its claim to countless fine estates, in-cludes a plentiful share of gardens, and more especiallyin the lake region, where luxuriant growths of trees tell ofcongenial soil and climate. As a background the greatlake stretches like a sea beyond many of the beautifulflower-borders, which bloom almost as richly as those nearthe distant ocean. Unfortunately some of the finest plantings are notillustrated in this book, which is limited to gardens of aformal design, and the type characteristic of Illinois i
. Beautiful gardens in America. o C/3 O O o r3 O o _^ N XII ILLINOIS AND INDIANA Illinois, with its claim to countless fine estates, in-cludes a plentiful share of gardens, and more especiallyin the lake region, where luxuriant growths of trees tell ofcongenial soil and climate. As a background the greatlake stretches like a sea beyond many of the beautifulflower-borders, which bloom almost as richly as those nearthe distant ocean. Unfortunately some of the finest plantings are notillustrated in this book, which is limited to gardens of aformal design, and the type characteristic of Illinois ismostly informal, as so frequently seen in America, — anarrangement which does not lend itself satisfactorily tophotography. In such a plan the flowers are usuallymassed in long, broad beds bordering the lawn, the frontlines are laid in irregular curves, with trees and shrubsfor the background. Groups of shrubs with other bedsare sometimes used to break a wide stretch of lawn, andmake a rambling and delightful sort of garden
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