PLANNING THE GARDEN 13 



which he had failed to include when he laid 

 his barricade. And no more are we without 

 plan when we transplant a tree, sow seeds or 

 set out shrubs, vines or flowers. We put them 

 where we believe they will prove most effective 

 in attaining the end desired. 



This is the beginning of planning, and, even 

 when it is elaborated, it is neither difficult nor 

 complex, though it has, unfortunately, been 

 made by professional gardeners to seem both. 

 Nor is it uninteresting. On the contrary, it 

 is simple and fascinating and no small part 

 of the delight and interest in gardening, espe- 

 cially in planting to ornament a small place, 

 owes its origin to the operation. Moreover, 

 the picture thus produced is our own, not an- 

 other's; it is of our conception and our mak- 

 ing, expressing our own ideas and our own feel- 

 ings as well as our individual natures. And, 

 being not only a simple but an absorbing pro- 

 cess, why, when so easily and cheaply engaged 

 in, employ another to undertake the work for 

 us? 



PRINCIPLES INVOLVED 



Let those who own ground start with the 

 premise that every place can be improved. 

 No yard is too small and no estate too large 



