GARDEN DESIGN 9 



the house in my own work, where there 

 is a beautiful house it tells me what to 

 do ! Unhappily, the house is often so 

 bad that nothing can prevent its evil 

 effect on the garden. " Reproducing un- 

 cultivated Nature" is no part of good 

 gardening, as the whole reason of a 

 flower garden is that it is a home for 

 cultivated Nature. It is the special 

 charm of the garden that we may 

 have beautiful natural objects in their 

 living beauty in it, but we cannot do 

 this without care and culture to begin 

 with ! Whether it be Atlas Cedar or 

 Eastern Cypress, Lily-tree or American 

 Mountain Laurel, all must be cared for 

 at first, and we must know their ways 

 of life and growth if we are to treat 

 them so that they will both grow well 

 and be rightly placed — an essential point. 

 And the more precious and rare they 

 are the better the place they should 

 have in the flower garden proper or 



