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create partial shade along a path; that would 
make a place for shade-loving plants. The shrubs, 
of course, ought to carry out the seasonal idea. 
Occasionally a flower runs over from one month 
into another; in that case let it do the same thing 
with the corresponding paths. But there must be 
less consistent straying, too. While the main 
showing of foxgloves belongs in the June path, let 
there be a few spires in the January path and so 
with enough of the other flowers to brighten up 
bare spots. With some.of the flowers not required 
for accenting notes it will be just as well to plant 
the entire stock in a path where it does not belong 
if bloom is more needed there at a given time. 
The same idea is readily applicable to a garden 
of the four seasons. Lay out four paths instead of 
twelve and name them spring, summer, autumn and 
winter: The last to be the entrance one. The 
remaining three may be Y-shaped to advantage: 
This to break up the wider spaces and to add to the 
number of vistas. 
And, in general, what has been said applies to 
any effort to give the garden seasonal effects. It is 
not argued that there must be such effects; rather 
that they add immeasurably to the enjoyment to be 
derived from the growing of flowers as a pastime, 
not a little of which enjoyment lies in the planning 
and the waiting for results. 
Nor is it argued that seasonal notes are so to 
concentrate attention as to exclude the following 
out of ordinary garden desires. One might grow 
