FLOWERS IN SEASON 



All this time I am not forgetting that there 

 are to be lawns to frame and offset these splen- 

 dors. Never forget that grass is to be your rich- 

 est crop. You will rest in its color, it will be car- 

 pet to your feet, and after the mowing it will 

 reward you with fragrance, at least, if you have 

 mixed clover with it. Our soft-breasted earth 

 yields treasure to her children for the asking, yet 

 never in such free wise as at haying time. And 

 by keeping to beds of a single color, as you 

 agree to leave your lawns to the single color, 

 green, you gain a simplicity which the eye best 

 comprehends. You need not sacrifice variety to 

 obtain it, but merely allow flowers of a petal to 

 group together. They are happier in one an- 

 other's company than in that of strangers. 



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