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AROUND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN 



dinate part of the flower bed or border, so the beds, borders, 

 lawns and the other features of the place should each be 

 subordinate to the whole. Don't be afraid that this is too 

 nearly a professional task for you to accomplish. You will 

 achieve more satisfactory results by working in the right 

 direction, even if you make many mistakes, than if you 

 work in no direction at all. It is almost always desirable 

 to create an appearance of roominess about a small place. 

 One of the most important points to be remembered is to 

 keep an open center, so far as possible, by keeping tall things 



In planning your place, do not scatter shrubs and flower beds all over. 

 Keep an open stretch of lawn. 



back along the boundary line, and also to avoid straight and 

 definite terminations of paths, roadways and vistas, so that 

 the suggestion of something beyond may be created at every 

 point. 



The materials available from which you may construct 

 your flower garden belong to three classes: Hardy per- 

 ennial plants; potted bedding plants, which are usually 

 obtained from the florist or may have been started from 

 seed in your frames or small greenhouse; and plants from 



