A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



member, to count upon as the season of fewer 

 flowers advances and autumn comes on. Who 

 of us that gardens does not tliink regretfully of 

 the fact that while we live in a world of scarlet 

 and gold the glory around us must soon give way 

 to the depredations of "leaf -picking winds" and 

 autimm rains and that shortly little but bare 

 boughs shall be our portion? It is then that 

 we look about for some consoling hint of color in 

 our borders. It is then that we say sadly to our- 

 selves: "Why have I not set a bit of red-fruiting 

 shrubbery there or here!" Long after Christmas 

 in our severest northern climate we may enjoy 

 the garden or the shrubberies from the stand- 

 point of color, but not without a forehanded 

 knowledge of what to plant to secure winter 

 eflfect as well as how to distribute our subjects 

 when setting them in place. 



The wind-swept desolate look in winter of many 

 of the smaller younger cities and towns of our 

 country makes entirely suitable a short discussion 

 of our needs in this direction. In spring and sum- 

 mer the enthusiast in out-of-door work is in a 

 trance of pleasure in the beauty all about him; 

 in autmnn the rich possessions which are his on 

 every side in hues of scarlet, green, and purple 



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