186 COME INTO THE GARDEN 



if nothing more. The places for flowers in a 

 garden are very much like the place for gems in 

 a fine piece of jewelry. All the design leads up 

 to them in a way — and yet no part is neglected 

 for them, or because they are expected to focus 

 attention. This is exactly the ideal to adopt in 

 placing flowers in the garden design. With it in 

 mind, serious mistakes will never occur. 



Many things will influence the selection of 

 varieties and colors after the locations are de- 

 termined upon, and not until these are deter- 

 mined can definite choice be made. Of course 

 it will be possible to make provision usually for 

 any special thing which it is desired to have, 

 but the general conditions of the garden as to 

 soil and exposure must be met by using plants 

 which prefer these conditions. This is a phase 

 of gardening that is perhaps the hardest for 

 early enthusiasm to accept patiently, for it does 

 seem that there should be some way to make 

 anything grow that one very much wishes to 

 have. And there usually is, of course, but it is 

 often a very laborious way and one requiring 

 knowledge and skill to follow. So the beginner 

 will be much wiser to forswear the things his 

 heart is set upon, if these are not naturally 

 adapted to his garden conditions, until such time 

 at least as he is no longer a beginner and his 



