The livable house, its garden . d mitigate, or a stray vine soften. Onthe other hand, it is bad to surround a pool entirely with flowersand shrubs so as to make it inaccessible. Places for planting nearthe border should be incorporated in the design in some such wayas to provide walks to the waters edge, and intervals between, foriris or ferns or grasses. Planting for the surfaces of the water itself needs care andthought for appropriateness, as well as regard for scale. Moreoften than not pools too small to warrant such huge leaves areplanted with lotus, or tall cat-tails, or both, when their
The livable house, its garden . d mitigate, or a stray vine soften. Onthe other hand, it is bad to surround a pool entirely with flowersand shrubs so as to make it inaccessible. Places for planting nearthe border should be incorporated in the design in some such wayas to provide walks to the waters edge, and intervals between, foriris or ferns or grasses. Planting for the surfaces of the water itself needs care andthought for appropriateness, as well as regard for scale. Moreoften than not pools too small to warrant such huge leaves areplanted with lotus, or tall cat-tails, or both, when their size reallydemands the smallest of the nymphaeas and the fine leaves of spikerush or Scirpus. Most aquatics grow rapidly and unless they areconstantly thinned out they cover the entire water surface andleave no mirror to reflect bending purple flags, and white a little taste and care in thinning, the groups of lily padsand grasses may be made into compositions interesting and pleas-ing in themselves. [104] G {I d n. WATER LILY PADS WHICH LEAVE A PLEASING WATER SURFACE OPEN FOR REFLECTIONS House of Mr. Thomas H. Kerr, at White Plains, NewYork. Albro and Lindeberg, Architects [105]
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