8 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



back yard, where utility is not so mueli considered 

 as artistic effect. By using brick or stone division 

 walls, cement walks and the like, considerable outlay 

 may be indulged in, but the result will be permanent 

 and satisfying. A very artistic effect may be achieved 

 however, by the use of wooden trellises painted white, 

 gravel or cinder paths and garden seats of wood. If a 

 pool in the center is adopted it should be of concrete. 

 "Where this is not desired a rustic summer house may 

 be substituted or a fountain or even a round garden 

 seat, or a beautiful tree. 



Plan C with its accompanying table of planting is 

 happily arranged at the side of the house, so fully in 

 view from the windows of the living room and from 

 the porch as to form an integral part of the whole. 

 If a pergola outlines the half circle which characterizes 

 the beginning of the garden it will form one more 

 note in the symphony of the whole, or, if the porch 

 is extended to cover the entire area between house 

 and garden with steps leading to each separate path, 

 rather than one broad series of steps, the result will 

 be quaint and harmonious. 



Much attention has been paid in this design to the 

 working out of a color scheme for the several beds, 

 and careful attention to the harmony of adjacent beds. 

 The same idea may be worked out in plans A and D. 

 In this plan, as in A, the beds should all be edged with 



