CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



berry and delicate foliage are an exceptionally artistic 

 adornment for the indoor flower-bowl in September. 



MY GARDEN 



Less than two acres on a hillside. Two terraces, 

 making two flights of steps between the house and 

 lower garden. In laying out this small place, a rather 

 informal planting seemed desirable in order that the re- 

 stricted space and boundary-lines could be treated in a 

 manner that might cause them to be unnoticed, more 

 or less. For this purpose a part of the main path was 

 laid out in irregular lines with just enough shrubbery on 

 either side to conceal the curves. This scheme leaves 

 something to the imagination, which interesting sense is 

 sure to exaggerate and to enlarge while the path keeps 

 turning. 



In the upper garden, as shown in the wide view, 

 notice that the planting is made rather difficult by 

 the shade of the Apple-trees, although at the risk of 

 the flowers, the gardener has never dreamed of dis- 

 pensing with anything as cherished as these graceful 

 old trees. On the right, where the shadows are denser, 

 early wild flowers and Narcissi grow, and Forget-me- 

 nots appear with the Apple bloom, followed later by 

 the cheerful Nicotiana affinis and Salvia to enliven the 

 shadows. The little formal planting on the left has 

 the sun after ten in the morning and many of the 

 perennials and annuals thrive here. 



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