Introduction 



are other parts. But 

 the garden should 

 also have certain 

 parts that are for 

 distinct or particular 

 service, that should 

 be to the general 

 garden what pantries 

 and bedrooms and 

 closets are to the 

 house. These garden- 

 rooms are for vege- 

 tables or fiowers or 

 fruits or sweet herbs. 

 These things are 

 grown for use in the 

 family, not for their 

 effect as a part of a 

 garden picture. They 

 can be grown best in 

 special areas set aside 

 for this particular 

 purpose, where the 

 soil can be regularly 

 tilled and each plant 

 given full room and 

 conditions to develop 

 to its best. This is 

 as true of flowers as 

 it is of beets or straw- 

 berries. The fact 

 that we grow flowers 

 also as a part of the 

 garden picture should 

 not obscure the fact 

 that we also grow 

 them for cutting and 



To illustrate the beauty of a bush CLigustrum 



ar. Regelianum; 



