THE SMALL PLACE 



Every garden should have Roses for cutting and 

 yet Hybrid Tea and Hybrid Perpetual Roses can 

 hardly be associated with shrubbery. It is diffi- 

 cult to find an appropriate place for them in a 

 garden which is developed in such a naturalistic 

 way as this one. Here, they have been planted in 

 beds with the Gooseberries and Currants. This 

 arrangement gives both Roses and small fruits 

 the space they need for good development. If 

 Roses cannot have the dignity of a separate garden, 

 which is hardly possible in a small place of this 

 kind where intensive use ought to be made of every 

 bit of ground, this combination of Roses and small 

 fruits is a very good one. 



To the north of the Roses is the drying yard 

 tucked away behind hedges. Iris and Chrysanthe- 

 mums are planted along the side of the hedge. 

 To the south of the Roses is an oblong plot origi- 

 nally planned for the vegetable garden, but now 

 a secluded little nook. The great old Apple tree 

 makes it a nice shady little spot with the simple 

 lawn space between yellow Iris that grow on one 

 side and white and pink Peonies on the other. 



While the eastern side of the property is allotted 

 to utilitarian purposes and shows how pretty such a 



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