CHAPTER II 

 FLOWER GARDENS OF MANY KINDS 



FROM the days of the ancients, there have been 

 various kinds of gardens. And in this age of 

 specialization there are more and more kinds as 

 the years go by. Already the kinds are so many 

 that life and purse would seldom be long enough 

 to secure their possession, even were such a mul- 

 tiplicity of gardens to be desired. 



The advantage of these numbers is that they 

 offer infinite suggestion for the making of a garden 

 along composite, as well as specialized, lines. A 

 bit here and a bit there, molded into shape by 

 personality, may be precisely the material needed 

 to create a pleasance that asks to be called by no 

 more definite name than the garden. 



After all, taking the human race by and large, 

 this is the best of the many kinds of gardens 

 just a garden and yet one thoroughly thought out 

 in its relation to the house. A variation for every 

 individual is possible, there being no limit to the 

 changes to be rung. As for beauty, there is ample 

 room for all that any one cares to put into it. 

 Nor need such a garden be nondescript; if the 



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