CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



of the early spring, making the garden a place 

 of cheer and delight. 



In the center of the garden a circle five feet 

 in diameter is reserved for the sun-dial. Around 

 its base plant Calendula, which will be a mass 

 of brilliant orange in the late summer and 

 autumn, and masses of Mignonette. Border 

 this bed with yellow Pansies. Repeat the yel- 

 low Pansy border on the inner edge of the large, 

 central, circular bed. This bed, which is three 

 feet wide, devote to pink, white, yellow, and 

 dark-red Tulips, to be succeeded by white, pink, 

 and dark-red Peonies. When the bed is once 

 properly made it need not be disturbed for a 

 long time, and will increase in beauty. The 

 foliage of the Peonies is clean, vigorous, attract- 

 ive, free from disease and insects, and will pro- 

 duce a restful area of green in the center of the 

 garden in pleasing contrast with the succession 

 of color during the summer. 



Plant a good specimen of Yucca filamentosa 

 — Spanish Bayonet — in the center of each small 

 area. It is stiff and formal in its growth, in 

 keeping with the plan. In three of the corners 

 put German Iris for May and June, and Japa- 

 nese Iris for July. The colors are so exqui- 

 sitely beautiful now, and even after blooming, 

 the spear-like leaves of the plant produce effect- 

 ive contrasts in texture of foliage with other 



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