THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



my pretending that it is really Mrs. Gates's old 

 garden instead of an imitation of a dozen years' 

 growth. 



"Here are all the white-flowering bulbs, and 

 rock-cress, sweet-william, columbine, lilies, peo- 

 nies, Japanese anemones, achilleas, the lovely 

 Campanula pyramidalis, summer hyacinths, fever- 

 fews; and after the bulbs have faded away every 

 spot is filled with white annuals. 



"This border has just had its first birthday, but 

 in my imagination — that first necessity of a 

 garden — a charming and still more charming 

 future stretches out before this band of lovely 

 whiteness. 



"These and the long arbor with its flowering 

 vines are the parts of my garden nearest my 

 heart, the rest is just garden." 



The description of the Grand Rapids garden 

 is next in order. 



"The conditions to which my flower garden is 

 subject have made it what it is. These condi- 

 tions are: 



"1. It is close to my house and not so large 

 but that every part of it is always in full view 

 therefrom. 



"2. I restrict myself to a garden which I can 



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