The Surroundings of the Farm Home 



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Fig. 



AN ALLURING GARDEN GLIMPSE 



Usually a garden has an enticing quality, which gives an inviting pros- 

 pect for hours of rest 



be a place for plants in which one may be especially interested. The 

 old-fashioned garden was a jumble of hardy shrubs, perennial garden 

 flowers, and annuals. 

 Those persons who are 

 fond of the novelties 

 of the nurseryman's 

 catalog or of indi- 

 vidual specimens for 

 their peculiar char- 

 acteristics, such as the 

 color of their leaves, 

 their distinctive habits 

 of growth, their 

 beauty, or their odd- 

 ity, should have gar- 

 dens into which all 

 such plants may be gathered. 



If a garden looks well as an entirety, it may be placed next to the house 

 from which it will be enjoyed. If it is not attractive to many persons 

 but merely interesting to its owner, it might better be tucked away into a 

 secluded comer of the border. Usually the glimpse of a garden, distant 

 across the lawn from the doorway, has an enticing or alluring quality, 

 which gives an inviting prospect for hours of rest. 



Successful flower gardens require more time than may be given ordinarily 

 to farm yards, but the borders may be made to partly enclose comers of 

 the lawn, which thus become outdoor rooms or, in fact, gardens, without 

 adding to the cost or the care. 



SUMMARY 



No matter what the individual taste as to the home grounds, the total 



effect should always be kept in 

 mind. It should be remembered 

 also that the house is the center of 

 the picture and the one object, if 

 any, to be decorated. The lawns 

 serve merely as a carpeted floor, or 

 groundwork, on which are arranged 

 the house and the trees and shrubs, 

 which set it off. Borders furnish 

 the frame to the lawn and to the 

 whole picture; they should there- 

 fore be simple and dignified, and will look best if composed mostly 

 of green foliage. This surrounding curtain of green, when it opens to a, 



. J23. A GARDEN IS A PRIVATE PLACE 



The garden should be secluded ; one does not seek to 

 enjoy a garden and a view at the same time 



