LITTLE GARDENS 



arrangement allows of the display of many va- 

 rieties of flowers, though it is informally formal 

 in its simplicity, and if trellises or wire net are 

 added to the fence, as carriers for vines, and 

 thus give more color and seclusion to your Hora- 

 tian estates, the neighbors will probably call 

 oftener than they did. Mary Ann, you see, still 

 has the freedom of the first ten feet, and I must 

 remind you that it is not necessary to plant 

 clothes-poles for her. Nowadays it is usual to 

 extend two beams across the yard, running from 

 an upright on one fence to the other. The 

 clothes-lines are strung from beam to beam, 

 fastened to hooks, and a stout tug will haul the 

 line so taut that poles will not be needed to sup- 

 port it. This is an advantage, for poles may 

 fall and smash your ageratum or your salpiglossis 

 — the same being no part of the human system. 

 Mary Ann's fingers are usually buttered when 

 she clutches any domestic materials that you es- 

 pecially wish she hadn't. 



A modification of this plan is shown in 

 Fig. 10. 



As for the walk, it ought to be narrow. 

 Eighteen inches is enough. You will doubtless 

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