THE HOPES AND JOYS OF GARDEN MAKING 17 



cashmerianum and kindred plants in her gardens on the banks of 

 the Hudson, it does not necessarily mean that the same plantings 

 will give beauty on the banks of the Savannah or the Chatta- 

 hoochee or the Cumberland. With her, they are glorious in June 

 after Fall planting; with us, they lift their faces skyward in March 

 after having been planted the previous Spring. Climatic condi- 

 tions, therefore, are so different that radical procedures are neces- 

 sary for successful growth of the blossoms of the cooler belts, and 

 the only way to find this out has been by trial and failure, and 

 trial followed by success. A wonderful part of this gardening 

 business is that when one planting is crowned with glory the 

 dozen unsuccessful ones are immediately forgotten — truly, defeat 

 is swallowed up in victory. 



While it is possible for me to forget the failures in the joy of 

 achievement, my garden records have noted them unerringly, 

 with the reasons therefor, and because of this the story of my 

 successful efforts can be depended upon. These chapters contain 

 the records of success. The failures are omitted. There are 

 many plantings that I could write about that I have left out 

 because they were outside my personal experience. These that 

 are given may be relied upon. 



The richness of the vegetation of this territory makes it not 

 only a privilege but a duty to have beautiful gardens all the year. 

 Whereas the northern sections are limited for their Winter shrub- 

 beries to the coniferous evergreens, which oftentimes must be 

 carefully protected from sleet and snowstorms, in our portion of 

 the land there are wonderful broad-leaved evergreens that furnish 

 blossom and fragrance from month to month and that frame 

 green lawns in January and February quite as beautifully as in 

 July and August. From the lists of these shrubs, evergreens and 

 vines here given, every gardener, whether his area be limited to 

 a ten-foot lot or is of wide extent, should be able to find material 

 that will help him to make a garden that will be a permanent joy 

 and become more and more beautiful from year to year. 



The information that is here offered to garden lovers, and to 

 those who are ambitious to make their homes attractive by the 

 use of growing plants and shrubs, is intended primarily as a guide 



