THE AMATEUR GARDEN 



feature on the premises more charmingly showed 

 that this floral profusion came of no mere greed 

 for abundance or diversity, but of a true art 

 instinct recognizing the limits of its resources. 

 The garden had to be made a "garden to look 

 in upon," a veritable imprisoned garden; the 

 question of expense required it to be chiefly of 

 annuals, and all the structural features of the 

 place called for concealment. These wire net- 

 tings did so; on their outside, next the grass, 

 two complete groups of herbaceous things were 

 so disposed as to keep them veiled in bloom 

 throughout the whole warm half of the year. 

 Close against them and overpeering their tops 

 were hollyhocks and dahlias; against these stood 

 at lesser height sweet peas, asters, zinnias, 

 coreopsis and others of like stature; in front of 

 these were poppies for summer, marigolds for 

 autumn; beneath these again were verbenas, 

 candytuft — all this is sketched from memory, 

 and I recall the winsome effect rather than 

 species and names; and still below nestled por- 

 tulaca and periwinkle. I fear the enumeration 

 gives but a harlequin effect; but the fault of 



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