COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



the season it is, of course, sensible to make use of plants 

 that bloom during the period when he is at home to enjoy 

 them. It would be short-sighted to give space to spring 

 and autumn flowers if the owner occupies his country home 

 only during the summer months, or to plant summer 

 flowers when the family is at home only during the spring 

 and autumn. But for the average American gardener who 

 aims to enjoy his garden for six months of the year, or more, 

 the only feasible practice, it seems to me, is to arrange a 

 series of pictures to follow each other closely, the number 

 of these pictures in bloom at one time to be governed by the 

 size of the garden. 



My personal endeavour is so to choose and combine my 

 plants that at no time from early March to November shall 

 the garden be without a number of lovely pictures, each com- 

 plete in itself, and that such sections of the borders as are 

 temporarily out of bloom shall be so constructed that their 

 fullness and freshness shall be maintained by luxuriant and 

 beautiful foliage. 



Often a single section of border may be brought to 

 display three or four pictures, but of course to accomplish 

 this end one must needs have a fairly exact knowledge of 

 the appearance, habits, and possibilities of a good many 

 plants. It is my hope that the explanations accompanying 

 the pictures may serve to illustrate my own simple method 

 of procedure and also to show of what easily grown and 

 familiar flowers very lovely pictures may be created. 



The "one-colour" gardens that are at present enjoying 

 a good deal of favour seem to me satisfactory mainly as 

 achievements. They are apt to be monotonous in effect, 



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