. American homes and gardens. ofhome construction, at theaxis of the paths. Later thePergola, seventy feet long,of twenty Renaissancecolumns was set up, inclos- The pergola ing a walk of home growncement blocks laid in dia-mond plan of alternate redand white blocks cast theprevious Winter. Then fol-lowed a lake of about twohundred and fifty square feetof surface laid out naturallysomewhat heart-shaped witha small island. In this , Cat Tails, and 94 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS March, 1913 various aquatic plants flour-ish, including Water Hya-cinths from the St. JohnsRiver, Florida,
. American homes and gardens. ofhome construction, at theaxis of the paths. Later thePergola, seventy feet long,of twenty Renaissancecolumns was set up, inclos- The pergola ing a walk of home growncement blocks laid in dia-mond plan of alternate redand white blocks cast theprevious Winter. Then fol-lowed a lake of about twohundred and fifty square feetof surface laid out naturallysomewhat heart-shaped witha small island. In this , Cat Tails, and 94 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS March, 1913 various aquatic plants flour-ish, including Water Hya-cinths from the St. JohnsRiver, Florida, and ParrotsFeather from Louisiana, anda rapidly increasing school ofgold fish. The pride of thislake, however, for the pasttwo seasons, has been theVictoria Regia (Trickeri)the water platter of theAmazon, which, with itsbeautifui leaves and gor-geous flowers has attractedmuch attention, the first andonly plants of the kind whichhave been grown andflowered in the open in thissection of Ohio. The lakehas been christened Lac de. add a rock garden to thegeneral scheme and this ideais now being attempted as apart of the AlleghenyMountains and borderingthe north shore of Lac deCoeur. Much work is yetto be done on the riverterraces, but the joy of plan-ning and working it out hasbeen the diversion and solaceof an active business manwho, out of office hours, hasfound health and recreationin his communion with naturein the garden of his ownefforts. The public has beenfreely admitted to enjoy thebeauties of the garden whichis locally known as Spangler The terrace walk Coeur by the ladies of the family from its heart-shaped Park, and it has become one of the show places of the design, and the tiny island a witty friend named The Isle city. This liberty has not been abused and the owner of Man. The mound of earth at the west end of the lake rejoices that he can share the sweet influences of his garden from which a jetting spring and waterfall of rustic stone with his friends and neighbors
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