THE AMERICAN GARDEN 



ing for its shoes and stockings from October clear 

 round to August, and then barefooted again in 

 October. In such gardening there is too much 

 of love's labor lost. If one's grounds are so 

 small that there is no better place for the an- 

 nuals they can be planted against the shrubs, 

 as the shrubs are planted against the building or 

 fence. At any rate they should never be bedded 

 out in the midst of the lawn, and quite as em- 

 phatically they should never, alone, be set to 

 mark the boundary lines of a property." 



It is hoped these sayings, quoted or other- 

 wise, may seem the more in place here because 

 they contemplate the aspects likely to char- 

 acterize the American garden whenever that 

 garden fully arrives. We like largeness. There 

 are many other qualities to desire, and to desire 

 even more; but if we give them also the liking 

 we truly owe them it is right for us to like 

 largeness. Certainly it is better to like large- 

 ness even for itself, rather than smallness for 

 itself. Especially is it right that we should like 

 our gardens to look as large as we can make 

 them appear. Our countless lawns, naked clear 



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