THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



Within the boundaries of every country 

 place of any extent there will always be found 

 the border of a woodland, a bit of marshy 

 ground through which winds a tiny stream 

 or a ridge of rocks, which await only the 

 proper treatment of the possibilities they 

 offer to become most exquisite corners upon 

 the place. 



This wild gardening presents infinite possi- 

 bilities. It deals with all the native blooming 

 plants indigenous to the locality, or that will 

 grow there naturally under its conditions of 

 soil and climate without cultivation, from 

 the tiniest flowers of meadow, glade and rock- 

 ledge, the innumerable growths of the bog, 

 the ferns from the woods and borders of 

 streams, to the towering weeds of late sum- 

 mer, and the many native shrubs. 



The run-down and neglected farms that are 

 scattered throughout our eastern states 

 afford the opportunity for the practical 

 development of this wild gardening be- 

 cause of their natural conditions and the 



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