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place ; the greenhouse and frames should be so situated that 

 while they do not obtrude with an air of artificiality in the garden 

 prospect they are nevertheless in such a position that they will 

 reap the full benefit of all available light and sunshine, with a 

 view to economy in heating if nothing else. If the whole art of 

 gardening is to be practised within the little plot that is to say, 

 if you intend to raise your own plants from seed, or propagate 

 them by cuttings it will be necessary that at least a small portion 

 of ground be reserved for a nursery bed. This must be in a shady 

 spot. Adjacent to the nursery bed a combination potting-shed 

 and toolhouse will be found to be a most useful adjunct to the 

 garden, for in it may be preserved the little stores of sand, lime, leaf 

 mould, loam, peat, and artificial manure, all of which will be 

 brought into use in various ways as knowledge of the art of 

 gardening is developed. 



The furnishing of the garden with such accessories as seats and 

 benches, terra-cotta vases or wooden tubs and boxes for palms, 

 ferns, and other suitable plants, a sundial, an apiary or a dove- 

 cote, will depend, of course, upon the financial resources of its 

 owner. All, if good taste be displayed, add to the amenities of 

 a garden, and may be introduced as opportunity permits. But 

 let him beware of the use of such abominations as multicoloured 

 trelliswork, mechanical moving models, elaborately designed 

 arches and other monstrosities that shock the artistic sense of the 

 beholder. Such objects are incongruous in a garden picture, the 

 elements of which should, above everything, be simple and natural. 



