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flowers will prove most satisfactory. Hardy per- 

 ennials are deservedly popular as they need little 

 attention from year to year, but most of them are 

 best fitted as background plants. 



Planting should be arranged so that it will afford 

 flowers each season of the year. As many colors 

 should be provided as is possible, and plants of 

 different shades of green in the foliage should be 

 included in every garden. 



In every garden, however small, there should be a 

 seat. In a small garden, the seat should be small, 

 but where there is plenty of space, a large seat or a 

 group of seats, a summerhouse or a pergola with 

 seats can be placed to advantage. Let a garden 

 look as if it had human beings taking a personal 

 interest in it. 



Large vases and statuary of all kinds have no 

 place in a small garden. These formidable looking 

 ornaments are all very well in a large garden 

 where they may be partly hidden by shrubbery, 

 but they are grotesque in a small garden. A gar- 

 den is meant for growing and displaying flowers, 

 not artificial works of art, so-called. 



Cedar wood makes the best stakes for outdoor use. 

 Oak, too, is very desirable as it weathers to an 



