distributed that they can produce ample crops, and such 

 kinds should be selected which will assure regular returns. 

 Select proper positions and arrange your grounds that the 

 toy-gardens receive their supply of berries in preference to 

 fences and boundaries, so that the little ones may claim 

 proprietary rights in the many vines. Select of Blackberries 

 and their hybrids those which bear freely while not growing 

 too rankly. Raspberries and Currants must be represented 

 as well as a few bushes of Gooseberries. 



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This must furnish us the greatest diversity of bloom with 

 the least amount of caretaking. There is no need whatever 

 for any spot to be without a plant, and the ground under trees 

 and along shrubbery should be amply furnished with a 

 selection of herbaceous plants. A climate like that we enjoy 

 in California should produce flowers from the first of the 

 year to the last of December, and our efforts should be 

 directed mainly to selecting those which will impress the 

 child as marking distinct periods. Again, we may associate 

 similar growth and bloom and harmonizing color-shades, and 

 yet have a wide selection. But I lay the greatest stress 

 upon the avoidance of all those plants which mean no more 

 to the child than a mass of color. Such effects confront us 

 in every garden, and while people are justified in grouping 

 and massing in places where home grounds have to rely upon 

 a wealth of color, in our limited area there must be no plant 



