THE AMATEUR GARDEN 



one single picture of a hoTne, with the house 

 the chief element and the boundary -lines of the 

 lot the frame. Plant on all your lot's bound- 

 aries, plant out the foundation-lines of all its 

 buildings; but between these plantings keep the 

 space grassed only, and open. In these house 

 and boundary borders let your chief plantings 

 be shrubs, and so have a nine months' instead of 

 a three months' garden." 



The secretary's tour completed and his score 

 of all the gardens tabulated, a list is drawn 

 from it of the one hundred and fifty best gar- 

 dens, and a second circuit of counsel and in- 

 spection, limited to this greatly reduced number, 

 is made by the president of the institute, who 

 marks them again on the same four points of 

 merit. 



These two markings, averaged, determine the 

 standing of all prize-winning gardens except the 

 leading four. Then the president calls in one 

 professional and one amateur expert, visits with 

 them as many of the most promising contestants 

 as can be seen in an afternoon's drive, and with 

 them decides the award of the four highest prizes. 



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