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sible even in this space, if it is prized above all 

 else; and even with such a border there may 

 still be opportunity for some flowers. But great 

 restraint must govern, obviously. 



Generally speaking, too little thought is given 

 to the dreariest time of the year in planning the 

 garden. Summer is fair and gracious and pleas- 

 ant enough without much coaxing or cajoling; 

 but late autumn and winter, and raw, muddy, 

 early spring are rude and gloomy and sullen and 

 sulky more of the time than not — yet rarely a 

 thought of conciliation is given to them. Winter 

 garden effects are hardly worth calculating in 

 the summer home, of course, but village homes 

 generally are for all the year rather than for its 

 garden season only. Therefore the winter sea- 

 son should be as definitely included in making 

 plans as the summer; if need be I would advise 

 sacrifice of the latter a little in order to favor the 

 former. 



Shrubbery furnishes the great medium for 

 winter beauty in the garden, with perhaps a 

 touch of evergreen planting to give depth. The 

 shrubs which, by means of colored bark or per- 

 sistent berries, contribute most to the winter 

 phase of garden making, however, are not the 

 shrubs which furnish the choicest blossoms in 

 summer — or that furnish bloom over the longest 



