PLOTTING AND PLANNING 



and beyond would arise tall standards, also of Apples 

 and Pears, but of luscious Plums and Cherries too, with 

 here and there a few of the ornamental trees just men- 

 tioned. And behind them all the vegetable plot. The 

 standard trees would be on grass land, and in April 

 the ground should be aglow with Daffodils and in May 

 a mist of Bluebell blossom. 



Away from the lawn and on either side of it, what 

 shall we do ? Abutting on the grass I would have long, 

 wide borders of hardy flowers filled with all that is 

 best and gayest of homely plants, and behind the 

 borders, on one side a rock garden, and on the other a 

 garden of roses. Quite close to the house, each will surely 

 like to choose for himself ; but, above all things, the 

 flowers in the little borders there should be fragrant. If 

 there is a dip in the ground between the house and the 

 lawn, an opportunity arises for making a little formal 

 terrace upon which we may plant a garden of herbs or 

 make it gay with plants in tubs and vases with sweet- 

 scented Geraniums, Oleander, lemon Verbena, Pome- 

 granate, and African Lily (Agapanthus), all of which 

 need to be safely housed for the winter. 



I am conscious that this frail suggestion, one of an 

 illimitable number of ways of fashioning the home garden, 

 can scarcely hope to materialise on the reader's ground, 

 though some part of it may possibly appeal. All that I 

 wish to do is to show how a garden gains in charm and 

 captivation when it is planned on simple lines, and each 



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