154 LAWN-PLANTING FOR WINTER EFFECT. 



needs of particular plants in the ^va_y of shelter and con- 

 genial soil. Fifty feet square, or less, ^vill enable one to 

 have a lovely winter picture, provided the c(_»inposer can 

 give due consideration to each plant's physiology and 

 possible artistic capacit}', while fifty acres in the hands of 

 even a genius, ^vho is untutored, can hardly help producing 

 abortive or overgrown effects at any season of the vear. 

 All this means, in short, that an artistic eye, sustained by 

 a thorough knowledge and sympathetic management of 

 2:)lauts, can make an inexpensive paradise of the smallest 

 home lot even in mid-winter. 



