YARD AND GARDEN 



CHAPTER I 



THE YARD 



The owner of a city or town lot, of a subur- 

 ban home or of a country estate is usually 

 interested in affairs which he considers more 

 important, or at least more practical, than the 

 abstract principles of gardening, no matter in 

 what form they are presented or what applica- 

 tion is to be made of them. His immediate re- 

 quirement, if his attention be directed at all 

 toward the subject, is practice and not theory. 

 He wants planting and not principle; his main 

 desire is to employ the speediest and safest 

 process to make his yard, his grounds or his 

 estate — if we can distinguish property sizes by 

 these common though vague terms — as harmo- 

 niously and effectively beautiful as trees, 

 shrubs, plants and vines and his financial re- 

 sources will permit. 



In a sense he is justified and, in any event, 

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