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ence save when we must make use of it in the economy of 

 the household? 



Once when calling on some friends who had just begun 

 housekeeping in a tiny rented cottage, newly built and with- 

 out lawn or garden, the young husband, an ardent lover 

 of flowers and shrubs, took me into the tiny back-yard and 

 asked me if I thought it possible that it could ever be any- 

 thing but hideous. It did seem hopeless, for it was scarcely 

 twenty feet square, and surrounded on three sides with a 

 six-foot board fence, while neighboring sheds peered over 

 the walls in a most inquisitive manner. Another day I was 

 again taken into the tiny place, but instead of a bare breath- 

 ing space, I found a veritable little bower of green, a truly 

 pretty place for the little bride to look upon from her 

 kitchen windows as she goes about her household duties. 

 Sweet peas cover one wall, while riotous vines have covered 

 the others, and trail lovingly over upon the intruding roof- 

 top. Quick-growing geraniums, and sunflowers, and asters, 

 are massed in the corners, and beds of pansies and violets 

 and plenty of pretty, graceful foliage plants fill the center 

 of the space. There is no attempt at elaboration, but just the 

 covering up of the bare board walls and sheds, and the 

 result is charming and worth while. 



Once more I will suggest a few plants for hedge-making 

 and planting that have been tested for this climate. For 

 the city lots, roses make a most enjoyable hedge. Success- 

 ful varieties are the Cherokee, single and double ; the Gloire 

 de Rosemane ; the Banksias, with their dainty little blossoms, 



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