16 FLOWER GARDENING 
ful planting the garden may be four or five colors 
in succession. In that event, yellow is a warm color 
for spring. 
The old-fashioned garden is a somewhat con- 
fused term. It may mean a formal Colonial garden 
or a garden having only the flowers of other days, 
with little or no color and planting order. Either 
interpretation will answer—in its place. But do 
not worry yourself to death trying to find out where 
the old-fashioned flowers begin and the new ones 
end; it is a hopeless task. If the garden looks 
old-fashioned, or Colonial, a few anachronisms will 
not matter a great deal. 
There are also two kinds of wild gardens, real 
ones and crazy ones. The latter are the product 
of the pernicious habit of mixing various flower 
seeds together and scattering them broadcast to 
come up as best they may. The real kind is a 
bit of the wild brought to the home. It offers 
no end of attractive possibilities, especially where 
there is adjacent woodland and conditions may be 
adapted instead of being created. 
Finally, there is the fruit garden—which first 
is a flower garden, yet seldom figuring in that light. 
Now that there are all manner of dwarf fruit 
trees, enchanting spring pictures are to be made. 
Though the fruit is highly decorative later, there 
are spaces where flowers may bloom all summer. 
In early spring the fruit garden may be bright- 
ened with various bulbs. 
