TULIP TIME IN THE GARDEN 



old builders understood not only what to build 

 but how and where to set their houses for shelter 

 and for practical purposes; wherefore, a picture 

 of high beauty was, sometimes unconsciously, 

 created. When considering foregrounds such as 

 this charming little formal garden affords, the 

 backgrounds furnished by near-by buildings, or 

 by a landscape soft and finished, can hardly be 

 passed by without a word, so boimd up together 

 are all the elements of such a picture. And I am 

 always wondering why Pennsylvania is not the 

 resort of more people who love beauty which be- 

 longs to nature and to man. 



If I may let this spring garden serve as a text 

 for further tulip preachings, I would tell of an 

 effect on our own grounds in Michigan. From 

 the house in which we live a walk of dark brick, 

 like the house, runs east some sixty feet to the 

 street. To dwell upon the borders flanking the 

 sides of an insignificant walk such as this may 

 soimd a bit presumptuous; but let me quickly 

 say that last year these borders were positively 

 kaleidoscopic in effect. And to encourage those 

 who think they can do little in gardening because of 

 restricted space, I will give approximate measure- 

 ments as well as some account of the plantings. 



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