ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



beauty all other sights in the garden when 

 they are blooming. 



The making of an entirely new garden 

 is a most delightful experience, but, like 

 the marriage estate, is something not to be 

 undertaken "lightly or unadvisedly." The 

 amateur, who is a beginner in flower gar- 

 dening, would scarcely be successful in 

 planning, making, and planting a new gar- 

 den, particularly a formal garden, without 

 experienced advice. After selecting the loca- 

 tion and determining the general conditions 

 and character of the new garden, the place 

 should first be carefully measured, and 

 plotted accurately, almost to the inch. Then 

 make a plan for the whole in detail, with 

 the shape of every bed. After this has 

 been done, and the gardener is convinced 

 that as far as can be foreseen it is the most 

 satisfactory arrangement for the ground, 

 and will give her the garden of her dreams, 

 let the actual work begin and let it not be 

 delayed after the frost has left the ground. 

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