56 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



to the asters and gentians of October or Novem- 

 ber. There are flowers of all colors, and one can 

 devote a lifetime to collecting flowers of one type, 

 as the peonies or the hardy chrysanthemums, 

 or to arranging a succession of harmonious com- 

 binations. 



One can have wall-gardens, water-gardens, wild- 

 gardens, bog-gardens, and gardens of a particular 

 season or of specially selected colors. These are 

 intensely interesting. One can imagine how much 

 interest might be taken in a garden devoted to hya- 

 cinths, to the various kinds of narcissus, to orchids, 

 to peonies, to lupines, to columbines, to irises, to 

 gentians, or to dahlias. These, however, are special 

 interests and can hardly be entered into in detail 

 by one devoting his life to the general practice of 

 landscape-gardening. To do so would be like an 

 architect's decorating the rooms of his buildings and 

 painting the pictures for the walls. 



FERNS 



Ferns can be selected for nearly all positions, dry, 

 moist, sunny, or shady. They are beautiful and in- 

 teresting plants and should find a place in nearly 

 every scheme for the development of ground along 



