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whose charm urges one upward. That is the secret of the sunken 

 garden which the owner of a level tract often finds worth while 

 even though its creation demanded added time and labor. 



And as we chat of gardens many of us have time for a smile 

 over memories of front-yard gardens we have seen. Patriotism 

 prompted quite a few of them. All too often they were disfigure- 

 ments which patriotic intent alone made commendable. Yet, not 

 infrequently, we encounter the tiny place where the front yard 

 seems the only possibility. The owner of such a place need not 



Fig. 5 The vegetable garden should be planned as an integral part of 

 the home grounds 



