FLOWER-BEDS: THEIR 

 MAKING AND CARE 



WOULD find a place for the 

 flower-beds at one side of the 

 house, if possible, and well 

 back towards the rear, thus 

 carrying the suggestion of 

 isolation between house and 

 street to the farthest possible 

 limit. In locating the flower-beds in front of 

 the house we are quite sure to convey the im- 

 pression that we put them there for the admira- 

 tion of the passer-by rather than the enjoyment 

 of the family. Such ought not to be the case. 

 The flower-bed ought to be where it will afford 

 most pleasure to the household. If the condi- 

 tions which prevail would not allow me to place 

 them well towards the rear of the grounds, I 

 would have them near the house, along the 

 walls of it, in fact, thus keeping the lawn 

 intact by preventing any infringement on its 

 dignity. The beds near the house should be 

 reserved for annuals and low-growing peren- 

 nial plants as a general thing, though tall- 



