LITTLE GARDENS 



to make our garden In the spot we have cleared, 

 than to restore our clearing to the wilderness? 



The use of shrubs, however, does not commit 

 us to any such attempt. Many of them are -avail- 

 able and admirable for yards and other small 

 spaces. They are needed, like the vines, to 

 cover unsightly fences, to give variety, Interest, 

 dignity and beauty to the prospect. In a large 

 garden they can be massed Into thickets, or made 

 to serve as backgrounds for beds, and It Is an 

 effective use of them to have dense plantations 

 of flowers In careless windings before these thick- 

 ets, the flowers rising directly from the lawn 

 without the usual path before them, thus : 



