THE NEW GARDENING 



will keep on making fresh wood and bearing flowers 

 nearly all the summer. 



The little scented Mezereon (Daphne mezereum) will 

 thrive in a suburban garden, and takes up very little 

 room. The odour of its bright rosy flowers is delicious. 



It will be seen that the ideas suggested herein for 

 beautifying a suburban garden are all coloured by the 

 ideal of informality and variety. I should like to see 

 the old type of suburban garden, with its air of restriction, 

 its unbroken straight lines and its stiffness, fall into dis- 

 favour ; and a more diversified and artistic style take 

 its place. Although the cost of the latter may be a little 

 greater than the former it is not necessarily expensive. 

 It is ideas rather than money that are called for. When 

 all is said and done a few yards of rustic fencing, two or 

 three tons of stones, and a load or two of soil, do not 

 cost much more than a night at the theatre or a day's 

 outing at a race-meeting. It is largely a question of 

 proportion. 



