CHAPTER II 
FLOWER GARDENS OF MANY KINDS 
From the days of the ancients, there have been 
various kinds of gardens. And in this age of 
specialization there are more and more kinds as 
the years go by. Already the kinds are so many 
that life and purse would seldom be long enough 
to secure their possession, even were such a mul- 
tiplicity of gardens to be desired. 
The advantage of these numbers is that they 
offer infinite suggestion for the making of a garden 
along composite, as well as specialized, lines. A 
bit here and a bit there, molded into shape by 
personality, may be precisely the material needed 
to create a pleasance that asks to be called by no 
more definite name than the garden. 
After all, taking the human race by and large, 
this is the best of the many kinds of gardens— 
just a garden and yet one thoroughly thought out 
in its relation to the house. A variation for every 
individual is possible, there being no limit to the 
changes to be rung. As for beauty, there is ample 
room for all that any one cares to put into it. 
Nor need such a garden be nondescript; if the 
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