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set of goldfish may perhaps be considered more important 

 than plants, but there must be some vegetation, and a 

 few of the smaller plants named in chapter xix. may 

 be chosen. These will thrive if the roots are tied up in a 

 bundle of good loam and wedged among stones at the 

 bottom of the pool, which may be concreted. 



A summer-house, however small, is a good addition 

 to a suburban garden, and as a rule there is no better 

 place for it than one of the angles of the fencing, for there 

 it not only imparts an air of repose to the little place, but 

 helps to remove stiffness. A house of rustic wood should 

 be procured, and creepers should be set against it. One 

 would be glad to be able to say that these buildings are 

 really inexpensive, but in fact they are not ; however, 

 quite a small one will be much better than none at all. 

 Roses will hardly do for covering it, unfortunately, unless 

 the air is quite pure ; in this case try Dorothy Perkins. 

 Clematis Jackmani ought to thrive given a good bed of 

 prepared soil and pruned back hard after planting. The 

 Golden-netted Honeysuckle would probably succeed, and 

 the leaves of this pretty plant will prove valuable in 

 autumn to mix with flowers of tawny yellow, orange and 

 salmon-coloured Snapdragons in the room vases, also 

 with graceful yellow Montbretias and Gaillardias. As 

 annual climbers Canary Creeper and Convolvulus may 

 be thought of. 



In any case of real difficulty in establishing a creeper 

 on a summer-house plant the beautiful white Clematis 

 montana, but do not set it in a position where drip from 

 the roof will strike directly on the roots. It is a hardy, 

 accommodating plant, and makes a lovely display when 

 in full bloom early in summer. 



When the stiff angles of a suburban garden have 

 been dealt with a long step will have been taken towards 



