THE KITCHEN- GARDEN 



Outside one gate are tall white lilacs. They always grew la- 

 the gate in ray grandmother's garden, and I know she would approve 

 of them, but what she would think of the frivolous double-flowering 

 Japanese crab apples at the opposite entrance, it is better perhaps 



PATH FROM PERGOLA TO KITCHEN-GARDEN 



not to know. In a sunny corner, still outside of the fence, the 

 nasturtiums clamber riotously, Avhile the hollyhocks look down in 

 pharisaical disdain on cauliflower and kohlrabi and celery beds. 



Tliis is the frame for the picture. It is possible that in planning 

 our planting we paid more attention to the appearance of the place 

 than was wise. We first divided the garden into four parts by an 

 eight-foot grassy roadway and a three-foot intersecting path, also of 



grass. This proved practical and the road has never become worn. 



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