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Keep the color of bloom also in mind to avoid 

 color discords. 



VIII. Avoid overplanting as well as under- 

 planting. Simplicity rather than ornateness 

 should be the aim. The smaller the area to 

 be planted, the smaller should be the materials 

 employed. Do not attempt too much; consider 

 the space available and do not overload it, 

 reckon the time that can be devoted to garden- 

 ing and do not overtax it. 



IX. Do not establish purposeless walks on 

 small grounds. Curve or bend no walk without 

 some apparent reason, as, for instance, to avoid 

 an obstacle. Do not make purposeless use of 

 garden ornaments or structures — pergolas, ar- 

 bors, summer-houses, sun-dials, etc. 



X. Plan before you plant, for planting with- 

 out a plan is as certain to beget error as build- 

 ing a house without the architect's blue-print; 

 and plan to make a picture. 



The novice may feel that, if it is necessary 

 to keep these rules in mind, planning is not 

 the simi^le matter it has been represented to 

 be. Still, once he begins, he will find that it 

 is prosaic common sense which dictates these 

 principles and that, in no small measure, prac- 

 tical and economical considerations enter into 



