WINTER WONDER 



branch shakes off a handful of its radiant robe, that 

 falls with a crash and thud, while the bough springs 

 up into place. The high tree-tops still glitter in the 

 western light, but down in the garden the purple 

 shadows have run close together, and a faint mist 

 begins to form above the snow, where it lies like a 

 veil. . . . 



Where you are fortunate enough to be able to stay 

 within sight of your garden the year round, you will 

 find many things that can be planted to enhance the 

 winter beauty, even in our cold climate. In England, 

 particularly in the south, monthly roses have a flower 

 or two as late as January, and in February the crocus 

 lights its golden lamps and the snowdrop swings her 

 bells. 



The harmonies of green possible in a plantation of 

 firs and pines prove an unending joy. In Kentucky 

 this " green planting" for winter has attained consider- 

 able vogue. A flaming note is lent by the cardinal, 

 and the snow-buried evergreens, the tall hedges, and 

 the smooth lawn-levels, with the swift crimson passing 

 of the brilliant bird, make an unforgetable picture. 



Where it is possible to have a greenhouse, the en- 

 chantment of slipping from the biting cold into the 

 warm, moist atmosphere laden with flower perfumes 

 and that mossy fragrance peculiar to conservatories, is 

 hard to overestimate. There, of course, you can culti- 

 vate winter roses and violets, or indulge your fantasy 



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