PLACE THAT IS STARTED 117 



honeysuckle grows In the shadier corner that 

 faces the street, and ivy is slowly climbing the 

 shady portion of the wall here and there. Three 

 more grape vines spread themselves, one on a 

 trellis against the rear porch, the other two on 

 another against the rear of the house; and 

 honeysuckle and sweetbrier roses climb the 

 porch columns in front. 



Between these two places, chosen as illustra- 

 tions, there are of course all manner of things 

 possible, even when a place has been started — 

 providing the conventional lack of garden is ab- 

 solutely ignored and all remembrance of it wiped 

 off the slate. It is this which most seriously 

 hampers the development of all small gardens. 

 Until we rid ourselves of it, therefore, we need 

 not expect to do more than has been done — 

 we need not indeed expect to have gardens 

 at all, but only grounds. 



