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be lengthened without curtailing the vegetable 

 space, and even the tenants of the latter may 

 be made in some measure to contribute to the 

 garden picture, particularly if fruit is grown. 



There are certain practical considerations 

 in town and suburban gardens which demand 

 that the vegetables should be grown in that 

 part of the plot most remote from the house. 

 If fruit trees be planted in the kitchen plot, 

 the blossom in its season is valuable at a time 

 when the flower garden is but little advanced 

 toward its summer display. 



There is only one other point to emphasize, 

 and that has reference to garden management 

 rather than to garden making. Yet it is 

 worth noting. I refer to what some gardeners 

 call "tidiness." The striving after a neat, 

 trim, and well-kept garden is apt to lead the 

 gardener into a ruthless trimming and pinching 

 of plants. It is one of the things which can 

 be too well done. The truly artistic garden 

 is one in which the plant has full scope to de- 

 velop its character. It wants elbow-room, 

 and has no respect for artificial boundaries. It 

 is a sin to curb and mutilate the plant because, 

 forsooth, it pushes out its foliage across the 



