26 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



to pick and to wear, or to put in vases. A woman 

 gives a great deal of thought to the decoration 

 and furnishing of the rooms of her house, why 

 not to the garden, which is also a room, although 

 she can never be made to believe it? It should 

 have, and generally does have, more importance 

 in connection with the general effect of the house 

 both outside and inside for the impression one 

 receives of the exterior is carried within and af- 

 fects the imagination to a great extent than any 

 other room. 



The garden is generally left until the house is 

 nearly if not quite completed; or perhaps planned 

 in a vague way. By that time the owner's pa- 

 tience is exhausted and his finances at a lower ebb 

 than is compatible with good temper and peace of 

 mind. The garden and the planting of it are left 

 to the gardener, who on small estates is necessarily 

 many other things besides, and although he may 

 be very successful with Cauliflowers and Mangels 

 he has little education or taste, and is no more 

 capable of making the garden than furnishing the 

 hall. 



A woman will be dissolved in tears and indigna- 



