BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



volume, these views are taken so generally from almost 

 every section that the climatic conditions describing one 

 State may usually stand as well at least for the States im- 

 mediately adjoining. The only section of the Union omitted 

 is that part through which run the Rocky Mountains. 

 As a rule, this part of the country is not in its nature open 

 to the cultivation of formal gardens, although its wild 

 flora is remarkable enough to deserve special treatment. 



In the brief chapters to follow there will be given more 

 detail relating to climate, in order that we fellow gardeners 

 in all parts of the Union may know something more about 

 one another's garden program, our several problems, and 

 our privileges in this outdoor life that we lead. 



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