42 YARD AND GAEDEN 



picture but he must have consideration, too, for 

 the requirements of the materials with which 

 he works. He should remember also that there 

 are five or six months in the year when his yard 

 should be like another room to his residence, 

 and he should strive to provide a succession of 

 bloom. It is inadvisable, however, to sacrifice 

 unity to gain this end. In other words, a suc- 

 cession of bloom is not as important as is the 

 exclusion from the plan of too many varieties 

 of plants. 



SLOW PLANNING AND PLANTING 



It is best to proceed slowly with planning and 

 still more slowly with planting. A yard can 

 not be etfectively embellished in a season — the 

 picture can not be painted in a summer. It is 

 advisable to plant the boundaries first, setting 

 out the heavier stock, carefully cultivating it 

 until it is well established and comes in turn 

 to suggest to the gardener many opportunities 

 for effective planting against the background 

 it affords. Too often the error is made of 

 planting all at once only to gain as a result an 

 unsatisfactory effect. Rather than encounter 

 the discouragement that such an unfortunate 

 outcome may cause, and to avoid, also, useless 



