382 AGRICULTURE. 



and walls bare^ but the work to be done over 

 again the next )'ear. 



Floiuers. — While lawn, trees, and shrubs are 

 the main features of our plantings, the flowers 

 must not be forgotten. True, many flowers will 

 be had from month to month from the shrubs, 

 if they have been rightly chosen. But some 

 flowers must be grown, not so much for the sake 

 of the picture "as for their own sweet sake." 



First, let flowers of the wild-wood be planted. 

 Let violets of all kinds, sweet-williams, blue- 

 bells, anemones, spring beauties, or dog's-tooth 

 violets peep out from shady recesses among the 

 grass and shrubbery. 



The old-fashioned flowers, such as phlox, 

 poppy, marigold, pink, petunia, verbena, and 

 portulacca, must not be forgotten. These are 

 appropriate for the flower garden proper, but 

 should not be scattered over the lawn to dis- 

 figure it. 



" I have in mind a garden old, 



Close to a little-known highway, 



Where aster, pink, and marigold 

 Keep their long summer holiday. 



'Mid dreams and visions manifold 



I have in mind a garden old. 



"The fragrance of old-fashioned flowers, 

 Where hollyhocks and daisies blow, 

 Floats on the wings of summer showers 



Across the fields of long ago. 

 Lo! from the sweet, rose-ripened bowers. 

 The fragrance of old-fashioned flowers." 



— Frank Walcott Hutt. 



