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Fig. 2330. A Private Garden. 



Back Yards. — It is not yet too late to sow 

 some varieties of annuals for late flowering, 

 and many a city and village back yard might 

 be transformed from a barren waste, with 

 rubbish heaps, to a place of beauty by a lit- 

 tle attention during odd moments. Town 

 boys and girls delight in helping in such 

 work, and, judiciously planned, the work 

 may be made to them both a source of health 

 and of instruction in nature study. Fig. 

 2329, from The Garden, shows what can be 

 done with such a back yard by utilizing 

 every foot of space for flowers. Here the 

 husband finds recreation from his office 

 duties in the cultivation and care of his 

 gladioli and other plants, while the wife has 

 the benefit of that out of door life so neces- 

 sary to her health and happiness, in the train- 

 ing of the bushes and the preparation of her 

 table bouquets. In our illustration the Rud- 

 beckia (Golden Glow) is seen to grow to 



such a height that the lady requires an eight 

 foot step ladder to gather the flowers, an in- 

 stance of the excellent results attainable 

 under such conditions. 



Fig. 2331. A Garden Bed. 



