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less, there is no reason why, at any time, care 

 and thought should not be given to the prob- 

 lem — it is really less a problem than it might 

 appear to be — of making the vegetable gar- 

 den attractive. By attractive is meant not 

 only a garden well platted, orderly in appear- 

 ance, conveniently planned and free from 

 weeds, but a beautiful vegetable garden as well. 

 Now this may all be accomplished by bringing 

 a little imagination to one's assistance. A 

 small garden such as one may have on a sub- 

 urban lot offers many opportunities to the 

 garden-maker if only he will interest himself 

 sufficiently in the matter. When he can he 

 will plant with an eye to the vegetable gar- 

 den's landscape aspect when the plants will 

 have reached maturity. Thus he will not plant 

 a couple of rows of corn across the lot where 

 he does not wish to screen the portion of it be- 

 yond, nor will he plant low-growing things 

 back of tall-growing ones. If the vegetable 

 plot is to be a permanent one, it would be well 

 worth while to consHer the advisability of sur- 

 rounding it with a suitable hedge. And after 

 the growing vegetables have got the start of 

 the weeds a clump of Four O'Clocks, Petunias 



