4 YARD AND GARDEN 



try roadside, any place where natural condi- 

 tions remain in some measure undisturbed, 

 every principle necessary for the most elab- 

 orate gardening processes is disclosed by na- 

 ture itself. 



If the beginner will bear this in mind and at 

 the same time remember that there is no space 

 too confined for the application of nature 's prin- 

 ciples, he will have mastered all the fundamen- 

 tal law that it is necessarj' for him to master. 

 With this as a basis, he will quickly observe 

 that ornamental gardening, whethen it lie l)y 

 the formal method, the natural method or a 

 combination of the two, is only a simple appli- 

 cation of this common law. He may himself 

 choose to copy the Italian garden, devise some 

 modification of the English wall garden, elab- 

 orate the miniature gardens of Japan or con- 

 tent himself with duplicating and exalting 

 nature in natural gardening, but whichever 

 course he elects to pursue he will find the prin- 

 ciples the same. 



GARDENING 



The owner of a home, whether it be on exten- 

 sive grounds or set on a narrow and shallow 

 city lot, need not hesitate, therefore, to begin 



