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many cases the difference is plain. The flower garden, then, 

 may appropriately have a little shade. 



A windbreak is of value to a garden, to keep it warm and 

 sheltered, and to prevent the winds from continually drying 



it out. If we have 

 no windbreak, we 

 should grow one. 

 Evergreens (hemlock 

 or spruce) are best 

 for the purpose. 

 Plant them where 

 they will check the 

 strongest winds 

 without cutting off 

 the sun. And if the 

 garden is to last for 

 but a year, we can 

 grow a windbreak 

 out of quick-growing 

 annual plants, such 

 as sunflowers or 

 Jerusalem artichokes. 

 But there are other 

 matters to consider. 

 In the next place 

 the wise gardener 

 considers the con- 

 venience of his gar- 

 den. It should be as near the house as possible, to save 

 steps. It should be close to the water supply. It is all 

 very well if one can run a pipe to the garden; but usually 

 we have to content ourselves without. So we want to be 

 as near as possible to the faucet or the pump. In choosing 



Fig. 89. — The child, the yardstick, and 

 the Jerusalem artichoke. A summer wind- 

 break, grown in one season. 



