CHAPTER V 



THE ANNUAL GARDEN 



The annual garden may be said to be the inception 

 of the garden proper. It is the first word in garden 

 culture for the majority of people; for many it is 

 the only word, as it may be written in colors of flame 

 and pencils of light across the transient way of the 

 peripatetic Wanderer from one brief camping ground 

 to another farther on when the "wanderlust" calls. 



The permanent garden shares the dignity of old 

 established homes and traditions; it suggests quiet 

 streets and deep, well cared for grounds, sloping 

 away into generous distances, but the annual garden 

 may be a little patch of bloom beside the door or 

 down the path to the gate; it may be but a bit of 

 ground reclaimed from the ash pile and rubbish heap 

 of a city back yard, but it will be none the less lavish 

 of bloom and fragrance for its sordid surroundings, 

 nor the less beautiful when surrounded by well kept 

 lawns and shrubbery. 



The speed with which an annual garden may be 

 brought into bloom — a brief ten weeks from the first 



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