2 AROtTND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN 



along the front of the lawn, a pergola over the path leading 

 to the garage, or a grape arbor in the rear, may be indicated 

 by dotted lines. Such a plan will enable you to see at a 

 glance whether any new idea may be advantageously 

 worked into the general scheme of improvement, and you 

 can calculate, without having to go out into the garden, 

 how many plants or bulbs or how much seed it will take for 

 any particular planting you wish to make. 



No person who takes a place with the idea of living per- 



Make a Plan for Future Planting. A, Large shrubs at entrance. B, Narrow beds along front 

 walk. P, E, F, G, H, I, J, Decorative shrubs and trees. K, Pergola. L, Tool house. 

 O, Hedge along street. C, M, N, O, P, Path, grape-arbor, strawberry bed, cane-fruits, 

 and bulb-border for future planting. 



manently upon it should drift along from year to year with- 

 out any definite plan of development. The place may be 

 anything from a suburban plot to a 2oo-acre farm. There 

 are latent possibilities in both kinds of places, but no two 

 owners will agree as to the best way of developing any par- 

 ticular place. 



It is also essential to select the particular ideal toward 

 which your efforts are to be directed. If your aim is to have 

 a home as beautiful as possible, and enough vegetables to 

 supply the family table, make yourself familiar with ex- 

 amples of good taste in planning the home grounds and 

 master the details of vegetable growing; if you think you 

 are a natural-born poultryman lay your plans for an in- 

 creasing number of colony houses; if you have tackled the 



