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one room. In like manner, a small yard may com- 

 prise more features than should be contained in a 

 large one. For the sake of retaining the largest 

 available space about a house, a small yard may 

 even include the flower- and kitchen-gardens, and 

 occasionally the service yard as well. In describ- 

 ing the front yard, the aim has been to call to mind 

 what is ideal, an arrangement of grounds and plant- 

 ing that will give most pleasure to the intelligent 

 and appreciative. 



FLOWER-GARDENS 



When one thinks of the best, one often uses in 

 connection with it the word flower, as the flower 

 of manhood, the flow r er of the army, the flower of 

 youth. Perhaps something of the same idea is 

 present when one thinks of the most charming 

 part of a plant. Many delightful books have been 

 written about flower-gardens, and it w r ould seem 

 that the designing of such gardens ought to be a 

 profession by itself. There might be designers for 

 different kinds of gardens, one making a specialty 

 of formal gardens, another of bog-gardens, and so 

 on through the list, including gardens of special 

 flowers like roses, peonies, chrysanthemums, and 



