NATURALIZING 367 



Narcissi around the base and grow Crocuses and 

 Narcissi through the turf of the bed. 



There should be a seat in the garden at the end 

 of a path near a hedge. Do not use rustic or Italian 

 stone seats. Very good and simple garden benches 

 are made in England, and I know of nothing better 

 for a small garden than one of these. Several of 

 these benches are pictured on page 371. Your 

 carpenter could build one, but there are nurserymen 

 who have the working designs and make a specialty 

 of constructing them at a reasonable price. They 

 should be painted white or green. 



Do not place vases or pots or tubs of flowers in 

 the garden or near it. Palms and other exotics 

 that are used in the house in Winter should be sum- 

 mered in some secluded spot; you will enjoy them 

 all the more when they come home. Hanging 

 baskets too, are obsolete decorations and should be 

 sent to the bourne from which nothing ever re- 

 turns, along with the iron stag and bronzed Indian. 



