CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



but it is often a difficult problem to handle them satis- 

 factorily in a garden of continuous bloom. In the 

 North, where the summer is shorter and the climate 

 cool and moist especially near the sea, masses of Shirley 

 Poppies can be used to much better advantage than 

 farther south where there are a greater number of 

 periods of bloom for which to provide, and where the 

 climate is warm and dry (except near the shore), 

 which shortens their blossoming season. In Maine, 

 these Poppies, sown in mid-April and again in mid- 

 May, will flower from July 1 till frost, if not allowed 

 to overcrowd one another. The first set must not 

 choke out the second. For further information re- 

 garding this flower, read of its habits in Chapter VIII. 



TREES AND GARDENS 



When questioned as to whether it is advisable to 

 have trees in a garden, the inclination is strong to 

 advocate their use in a large garden which may also 

 have its share of plentiful sunshine. It might be pos- 

 sible to have too much of sunshine ceaselessly for 

 weeks and months, as in some sections of the coun- 

 try, and trees mean varying shadows, and deep re- 

 flections in the pool, a cool retreat from the glare and 

 heat of a summer day; trees bring birds, and sounds 

 called music, to ears attuned, and always there is 

 variety, mystic atmosphere permeating the tree, 

 soul-satisfying to many humans. But not so to cer- 



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