OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



effect of the wild part, is very cool and 

 pleasant to the eye. Above this, again, 

 is the stone wall, with its brilliant mass 

 of cultivated flowers, set like a jewel amidst 

 the encircling green, and still farther above 

 is the sombre line of the forest rising tier 

 above tier as far as the eye can reach. 



Black and white illustrations give very 

 little idea of floral effects, just because 

 they are black and white, but the masses 

 of bright colour placed here, with the 

 granite of wall or ledge jutting through, 

 is very effective, and harmonizes with the 

 wilderness around as the oasis harmonizes 

 with the desert. Little by little I added 

 other beds, large or small, to the vicinity 

 of the cottage, until I decided that I had 

 reached the right proportion of colour, and 

 that more flowers here would detract from 

 instead of adding to the beauty of the picture. 

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