AFTER TEN YEARS 



In these ten years we feel that we have just touched 

 the edges of a new kingdom — wild-flower cultivation. 

 Not only must we devote space to our own woodland 

 favorites, but to the acclimatizing of great masses of 

 bloom from every part of our country and even from 

 across the sea, selecting the ones hardy enough for our 

 severe climate. It is a fascinating and stimulating 

 study with endless possibilities. Wild flowers must be 

 massed to get an effect, but they respond to a little 

 care with peculiar zest and produce an impression of 

 astonishing beauty. Never shall I forget that picture 

 of a high railroad embankment in Germany, half a 

 mile of giant sapphire lupins! 



I must confess that many of our best results are due 

 to accident, or rather, let us acknowledge, to Nature's 

 methods of planting. She is our great teacher and 

 shows us not only the most practical and sensible mode 

 of procedure, but how to achieve captivating results. 



"What is that lovely bloom in the Forsythias," asked 

 a well-informed visitor one September morning, looking 

 from her chamber window; "there among the roses too, 



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