THE UPPER GARDEN 



It is a level piece of ground about an acre in ex- 

 tent, given over to fruit and flowers; in fact, a sort 

 of "overflow meeting" for both the formal and the 

 kitchen gardens. On one side is the woodshed and on 

 another the small greenhouse for storing tender plants 

 in winter and forcing chrysanthemums in summer. 

 On the west, to hide the compost heap and garbage pit, 

 we erected an original and highly ornamental rustic 

 screen between eleven and twelve feet in height, on 

 which to grow grapes. Behind the small greenhouse 

 are sixty running feet of cold frames neatly made of 

 cement, and the big greenhouse from which tomatoes 

 in spring and melons in summer add a special flavor 

 to our menu. By September this house, too, is over- 

 flowing with chrysanthemums, and even the cold 

 frames are pressed into service so that we may have 

 great quantities of these friendly and multicolored 

 favorites in both country and city houses until Christ- 

 mas. We do not attempt to grow the huge heads which 

 one sees in the autumn flower shows, but confine our 

 attention to the single, the pompon, and the anemone 



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