THE SMALL PLACE 



a well arranged informally planted small place. 

 It can be considered as its luxury. It has not been 

 made much of in this place. The space left for it 

 is really very small, far too small for a regular 

 garden, but such a little square can be crowded 

 with flowers, leaving only enough room for the very 

 narrow paths necessary to tend them. The plants 

 want to be placed very close together in order to 

 cover the entire space. They want to make a closely 

 woven color pattern, for, sitting on the piazza or 

 standing by the railing, you get a bird's-eye view 

 looking down into the bloom. Such a secluded little 

 spot need not be kept in fine trim, nor can it be kept 

 in continuous bloom. It seems best to limit the 

 bloom to one season and to get one fine effect. It 

 could be primarily a spring garden with Daffodils 

 or late Tulips with early ground covers like creep- 

 ing Phloxes, or it could become a lovely tangle of 

 Irises and Yellow Day Lilies, it could be quite a 

 choice little spot filled with several kinds of white 

 Lilies, or it could become an autumn garden full of 

 perennial Asters or hardy Chrysanthemums. 



In back of the house, the ground drops off at a 

 very steep grade. Many people avoid such steep 

 properties. They do not see any possibility of 



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