116 COME INTO THE GARDEN 



away in the laundry between times. So the 

 entire space at the rear of the house is an in- 

 tensively cultivated vegetable garden — and I 

 should not be surprised to see the similar area 

 in front given over to the daintier vegetables 

 some of these days, with flowers suitably orna- 

 menting its borders! 



Not a tree has been introduced save the wall 

 fruits, nor are there any shrubs. In fact the 

 limitations of this particular place and of this 

 kind of place have been fully recognized and 

 made to furnish its keynote. Yet it is richer 

 by an inestimable degree in appearance, and in 

 fact, than dozens of garden plots its size; and 

 the interest and entertainment and pleasant 

 delight within its stout walls are as much as 

 one might find on many places containing acres. 

 Flowers border the long, straight walk its en- 

 tire length, yellow being the dominant color 

 opposite the house to brighten the shade al- 

 ways resting there. Currant and gooseberry 

 bushes flourish between this flower border and 

 the house, from the bay of the hall back to the 

 lattice. On the south side of the lattice, ex- 

 posed to the sun, is a grape vine nearest the 

 house, but next the wall there is a climbing 

 rose which covers the arch and waves greeting 

 to the outer world, where it peers above. A 



