THE GARDEN AT HOME 



However one may elect to plant it, this little garden 

 is bound to give unalloyed delight. Every flower-grower 

 is something of a garden architect, and is gratified on 

 seeing worked out on the ground that which he has put 

 on paper. Nowhere does a design show to better advan- 

 tage than in a little formal garden ; and so, from the 

 very first, it touches a soft spot in the owner's heart 

 that of self-adulation. And really there is much scope 

 for the exercise of skill in design in planning a little formal 

 garden ; and the more pleasing the design the greater 

 and longer lived will be the owner's pleasure. There 

 should be plenty of pathways intersecting small flower- 

 beds, so that it may be possible to attend to any and 

 every plant without difficulty, for it may happen that 

 each one has a history, though recorded only in the 

 gardener's thoughts. 



A few of the many plants suitable for such a garden 

 are all the favourite bulbs of spring, and especially the 

 smaller sorts, such as Grape Hyacinth (Muscari), Apen- 

 nine Windflower, Greek Windflower, Hepatica, Squill, 

 Glory of the Snow, together with Crocuses and Snowdrops. 

 Of summer flowers, annuals such as Love-in-a-Mist, 

 Mignonette, Candytuft, Shirley Poppies, the lovely 

 orange flowered Nemesia, and the golden-blossomed 

 Namaqualand Daisy (Dimorphotheca) should be chosen. 

 Of perennials the Scarlet Bergamot (Monarda didyma), 

 the old red Geum, Oriental Poppies, Flag Irises, Peach- 

 leaved Bellflower, the golden Helenium, lilac-blue Scabious, 



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