GARDENS AND ARCHITECTURE 165 



old-fashioned flowers and shrubs added greatly 

 to the attractive house approach. As a mat- 

 ter of fact, those old-fashioned plants became 

 old-fashioned because we let bad taste — that is 

 to say, the lack of it — creep into our efforts in 

 home-making, and this crowded out so much 

 that was lovely everywhere. But we have re- 

 turned to happy paths once more, and again 

 the beautiful blossoms of yesterday's garden 

 may now be found in our own, gracing our 

 dooryards and making us feel, every time we 

 set foot within our premises, that our homes 

 are just that much lovelier for our having 

 given thought to the matter of the friendly 

 dooryard, not only for our own satisfaction 

 but that our neighbor, too, may bless us. 



