166 GAKDEN ORNAMENTS 



The best time to plan for any garden ornament 

 is just before the early faU. The flowers are in 

 their prime and one can better determine placing 

 than in the early spring when the garden lies bleak 

 and desolate. 



Many garden lovers with a desire for original- 

 ity feel confident that they can rely upon their 

 imagination to work out color schemes even during 

 the winter months. Fortunate is he who accom- 

 plishes this satisfactorily. There is great danger, 

 however, that his castles in the air may fall to the 

 ground through taking too much for granted. The 

 grounds do not always meet requirements, and the 

 result is not only wrong placing but an ornament 

 that is either too large or too small for its allotted 

 space. 



We are far too impatient to obtain results and 

 it is this undue haste that often ruins the composi- 

 tion of gardens. There is a great satisfaction in 

 adding to and improving our grounds, much more 

 so than if the whole work were developed at once. 

 Almost every garden into which careful thought 

 has been placed grows with its years. Few, if any 

 garden lovers, but have felt a keen sense of disap- 

 pointment at the finished results of their garden 



