THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



is a larger expanse of grass to keep in order, we 

 mow east and west one day, and a day or so later 

 north and south; but never under any circum- 

 stances, in our dry climate, make use of a grass- 

 catcher. 



When sudden clouds darken a hot June sky, 

 the gardener and I, taking plenty of twine or 

 raffia, hurriedly tie into sheaves the taller and 

 more delicate flower-stems such as delphiniums, 

 Canterbury bells, pyrethrums, physostegias, and 

 taller phloxes, and other especially precious things. 

 Taller or shorter stakes are hastily driven in, and 

 this support and close tying has saved for us 

 many a raceme and panicle of later bloom. I 

 commend this plan as excellent, particularly if one's 

 Garden Club is expected on the following day and 

 the hostess's heart sickens before the possible dev- 

 astation by wind and rain. 



Flower cutting is a subject by itself and one 

 not frankly enough discussed. It may be — ^it con- 

 stantly is — done wastef uUy, and there is not among 

 us a true gardener who would wilUngly waste a 

 flower. It may be done too sparingly, and, to 

 my thinking, sparing the garden shears spoils the 

 garden more quickly than the proverbial rod the 

 child. After years of cutting, certain habits be- 



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