THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



of privet hedge, close-clipped, and of trellis now 

 well clothed with leaves of grape. 



I sometimes ask myself what is the day of 

 greatest pleasure given by this garden; what 

 change is the most welcome and creates the keen- 

 est delight as I look ? To-day I know how to an- 

 swer that question. For the surrounding hedge 

 has had its occasional clipping and the clean, long 

 lines, the solid squares of green trimmed privet 

 are lovely to see. Every spraying bud, every 

 blooming flower is the more beautiful for this 

 velvet background of two tones of green — the 

 lighter tone of the flat top of the hedge and the 

 darker of its sides. The blue and violet splendors 

 of the garden are three times as rich for this smooth 

 foil. 



August 14, 1921. 

 Not any coupling of cut flowers within my 

 knowledge surpasses that of Clarkia Salmon Queen 

 and Aster amellus elegans. The gardener in the 

 cool climate does reckless deeds in his borders in 

 late September with the sure approach of killing 

 cold, so I, with this in mind, have pulled bodily 

 from the ground one entire plant of Clarkia. This, 

 its arching, flowery branches set with richest 

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