THE GARDEN 



THE arrangement of plants in the garden 

 is a matter which ought to be carefully 

 considered before beds are made for them. It 

 is easy to spoil the eff ect we have in mind, when 

 we think of the garden in its prime, by so 

 locating our plants that they interfere with one 

 another both in regard to size and color. We 

 may put large plants in the foreground, where 

 they will hide others of lower growth, and we 

 may so arrange colors that they give a most 

 discordant effect. These mistakes, however, 

 can easily be avoided if we are willing to study 

 the catalogues of the florists before we locate 

 our plants in the garden. Know the height of 

 each plant you use, and so place it that it will 

 show to the best possible advantage. In this 

 way you can secure a graduated effect the 

 tall-growing kinds forming a background for 

 the lower growers, and the dwarf kinds occu- 

 pying a place at the front where their charms 

 will not be hidden. We give too little thought 

 to arranging our plants effectively, and the re- 

 sult is very unsatisfactory. Give this part of 

 garden-work a good deal of careful study, and 

 you will be surprised at the improvement re- 

 sulting from it. 



The haphazard use of colors ought always to 



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