LITTLE GARDENS 



side of our boundaries. The space Indicated for 

 trees In the plan could be filled by such bushes as 

 the syrlnga, lilac, laurel, welgella and the larger 

 or taller growing roses. The pool should be of 

 clearest water, led from a mountain spring, and 

 containing a few lilies — only a few, because one 

 would wish to look at the fish swimming beneath 

 the pads, for If there were no fish there would be 

 mosquitoes, unless there were a current so strong 

 that those pests desisted from laying their eggs 

 on the surface. In which case It would be too 

 agitated for the successful raising of lilies, and 

 the fish might grow discontented, also. 



If there were no pool and no statue, a clump 

 of tall, feathery grass, such as we have brought 

 from the South American pampas, or an urn 

 filled with the Kenllworth Ivy, a fast and easy 

 grower, would serve as decorative points — hubs 

 for the radii of our composition. Or, at B we 

 could train an arch of roses or other vines, prefer- 

 ably an arch of wood or bamboo, yet permissibly 

 of wire net, for this wire tells what It Is made of, 

 and does not pretend to be porcelain, sandal- 

 wood or mahogany. And If there Is a vase, let 

 It be of stone or pottery, not of cement; this not 

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