LITTLE GARDENS 



precious as It might be to us In the camp, or even 

 the country cottage. The garden is a part of the 

 house, and a part of us. 



Let us, then, agree that we can not represent 

 all outdoors In the oblong behind our house; 

 hence, we will lay it off In a way to please the eye 

 and nose and understanding. We have, of 

 course, to consider sun and shade. If the house 

 is on the north side of the street, the yard will 

 be more constantly in shadow than if it were on 

 the south side. (I am humbly supposing that 

 this Work is not circulating In the southern hemi- 

 sphere.) The shadow cast by the house may 

 spread half across the yard; hence, the flowers 

 that like the sun will not do their best close 

 to the building, but will ask to be bedded as far 

 from it as possible; yet this does not mean that 

 you are doomed to have no vegetation near the 

 house. Why, it would be worth while merely 

 to raise ferns and moss. 



If yours Is the usual city yard, and not shaded 

 by monster hotels, flats, factories or shops, it 

 should have the sun, however, in the summer, 

 when you need It least and your plants need It 

 most. And a plant that can have, say, five or 



