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itself to be seen out-doors, or it may be for the 

 purpose of raising cut-flowers for table or house 

 decoration. It is well if it can become the pet or 

 hobby of one of the members of the household. One 

 may make a specialty of hardy chrysanthemums, 

 of peonies, gladioli and dahlias or wild flowers. 

 Ordinarily a flower-garden will be near the vege- 

 table-garden for convenience in cultivation, the 

 two being taken care of by the same men. Y\ ith 

 limited ground, the stable and chicken yard, if these 

 exist, will not be far away. There may be a separate 

 garden for roses. This should be reached con- 

 veniently from the house, but as it has much bare 

 ground and is for cut-flowers mainly, it should 

 not form a prominent feature of the landscape. Wild- 

 gardens, being usually a natural arrangement of 

 native flowers with graceful lines and cloud-like 

 shapes, may very properly appear here and there 

 in the front yard. They may intermingle with the 

 shrubbery or cover the ground under trees or fill 

 a meadow-like area. If the home grounds are 

 large enough for woods, the wild flower-garden 

 may be in a natural opening in these woods or may 

 indeed pervade their whole extent, forming a beauti- 

 ful ground cover, especially in early spring. 



