1 54 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



iris ; or special colors, as blue and white, or blue and 

 yellow ; or special localities, as alpine gardens and 

 rock-gardens ; or special positions, as wall-gardens 

 and terrace-gardens ; or of a special time of the year, 

 as a spring-garden or winter-garden. As there are 

 books treating of almost every kind of garden and 

 giving details of kinds of flowers and methods of 

 cultivation, the flower-garden here will be considered 

 only in its relations to other features of the home 

 grounds. 



While there should be flowers in the front yard, 

 the flower-garden proper, devoted entirely to the 

 raising of plants which are conspicuous or note- 

 worthy for their bloom, should occupy a somewhat 

 less commanding position. It might perhaps be 

 seen with advantage from the end of a terrace or 

 veranda or from one of the rooms of the house, but 

 when the grounds have sufficient size, the flower- 

 garden should be subordinate to the front yard. 

 Sometimes it might with advantage be separated 

 entirely from the house and reached only by a 

 path which could be made an interesting feature 

 by covering it with vines carried on suitable sup- 

 ports or bordering it with special plants. A flower- 

 garden may be planned as an attractive feature in 



