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terest. Sno\v-l)all. lilacs, snowberries. azalias. deutzia and 

 fl(^\vering- quince are all \alnable. Phlox, lilies, narcissus, lilies 

 of the valley, violets, bleeding" heart and peonies each vear 

 delight the eye. 



Mrs. I'ullerton here showed a picture of a road-house, used 

 in the days when George W'ashington was on Long Island, 

 now beautified by a wistaria vine climbing over it. The 

 speaker did not recommend this variety of vine for use on 

 houses because of its great twisting strength, cases being 

 known where posts and piazzas hax'e been wrecked by it. She 

 suggested the growing of the morning glory over springs or 

 wells to keep the heat of the sun from the water, as well as for 

 beauty's sake: also the placing of brilliant colored geraniums 

 at outposts and steps approaching the piazzas of the house 

 instead of conventional designs of iron and other metal, for- 

 bidding, to say the least, to any person wishing to enter. 



'Tn making a garden." the speaker went on to say, "so 

 manv people have no method, "just a job lot of flowers and 

 shrubs. You should make up your mind as to what you want; 

 see the whole garden in your mind and then work toward that 

 end. It takes verv little time and money to have a pretty 

 flower garden, and much can be accomplished by the person 

 who wills to do it. Suppose you have a bad spot and don't 

 know what to do with it — and possibly you have some bad 

 spots and have never seen them. Go home and find them and 

 do awav with t'nem. ddie picket fence is a bad spot. It takes 

 much time to make it and much paint to cover it. Take it 

 down and plant perennial phlox in its place and have a beauty 

 spot instead of the ugly fence. 



"We turned an old tree into a seat and we will have it for 

 many years with us. We put up a little arbor to take the place 

 of an old woodshed, just cedar trees with the branches left on — 

 no attempt has been made for geometric forms whatever — this 

 forms itself into the landscape with the vines growing over it 

 and you would hardly believe it made — a place in wliich to rest 

 and think. It is covered with clematis, and while that was 

 maturing we used nasturtiums and other vines to cover. A 

 vine running up the chimney or a clematis over a stump would 

 make a picture. It is so easy to change what is not beautiful 

 into a pleasing view if you only make up your mind to do so. 



