The Garden Magazine, February, 1920 



265 



is time for us to pay attention to it. We are all glad to get 

 back to gardening for pleasure — just as we were glad to do 

 our duty in our war gardens while the necessity lasted, 

 almost to the exclusion of every flower. But the point that 

 so many people fail to realize is that the pleasure garden won't 

 evolve itself any more than the most practical of vegetable 

 gardens ! And the average gardener will not find any pleasure 

 in his or her garden unless it is a successful garden. 



The very first step toward success even with a few square 

 feet of flower space, is planning — considering what to put in 

 and how to arrange it. That was the receipt of the lady 

 whose garden 1 have just described. " 1 plan — plan — plan — 

 and then re-plan my garden," she said, " 1 live in it 

 every day in the year." 



Of course she was speak- 

 ing figuratively. 1 knew 

 that, for 1 knew she spent 

 the winter months in town. 

 But even there she carried 

 the vision of her dearly 

 cherished garden with her. 



Certainly it is not pos- 

 sible for everyone who gar- 

 dens to devote so much 

 time to the enticing sport. 

 But even if one has but 

 minutes to give where she 

 gave hours, remember that 

 the poet wrote " My mind 

 to me a kingdom is," and 

 that it is in this kingdom 

 of the mind that a garden 

 must first be planted, if it 

 is to grow as you would 

 have it grow to its final 

 development. Don't be 

 afraid to dream about your 

 garden ! Don't be afraid to 

 make it — in the kingdom of 

 your mind — all you would 

 like to have it. Stand on 

 your porch, or look out of 

 your window, and visualise 

 the garden of your dreams 

 — formal or informal ; rose, 

 or water or rock; pink 

 or blue or yellow; as 

 you may desire it. 



And then develop that 

 mental negative by put- 

 ting the plan down on 

 paper ! That is the first 

 great step toward hav- 

 ing a wholly satisfac- 

 tory pleasure garden. 

 Make your flower gar- 

 den by making first al- 

 ways a mental photo- 

 graph of what you 

 would like to have. 



After that comes 



What Though the Snows Drift Deep! 



Let's make a flower garden! — 

 Altho' the snows drift deep, 



And down below in darkness 

 The living world's asleep. 



Here in the chimney corner 

 Before the Birch log blaze, 



Let's plant our paper garden 

 Full for the good June days. 



There is a bed for Balsam; 



And here against the wall 

 The airy Cosmos tosses, 



And Hollyhocks grow tall. 



working out the detail. Send for plenty of catalogues: study 

 them carefully. Look up the back files of your magazines. 

 Make yourself familiar with the newer garden tools; they 

 will lighten your labors and help keep your garden cleaner 

 and in better health than ever before. Buy your fertilizers 

 in time, and the insecticides and fungicides that you are sure 

 to need before the season's half through. — Why wait? There 

 is nothing to be gained by waiting. 

 Get ready, outside your garden walls, to make a success inside ! 



Some Suggestions For Seed 



Here are a few of the good old standbys that you will 

 find use for in the various parts of your garden — material to 



use in sun or shade, for 

 cutting or keeping, for 

 color or for fragrance. 

 For masses of color: Pe- 

 tunia; Marigold; Phlox 

 Drummondi; Salvia; 

 Aster; Verbena; Poppy. 

 For edges and borders: 

 Sweet Alyssum; Dwarf 

 Celosia (especially the 

 new "Wool Flower"), 

 Dwarf Marigold and 

 Dwarf Zinnias (named 

 sorts); Myosotis, Bellis 

 Perennis. 

 For shady places: Pansies; 

 Torenias; Aquilegias; 

 Delphinium; Digitalis; 

 Canterbury-bells; Myo- 

 sotis. 

 For hot sun: Annual Sun- 

 flowers; Heliotrope; 

 Portulaca; Ice-plant; 

 Oxalis; Cockscomb; Be- 

 gonias; Petunias. 



screens a: J. hedges: 

 Sunflowers; Ricinus; 

 Cosmos; Kochia; Celo- 

 sia; Sweet Peas; Echi- 

 nops; Cleome. 

 For cutting: Asters; 

 Chrysanthemums; 

 Dianthus; Cosmos; 

 Clarkia ; Stocks ; Gyp- 

 sophila; Scabiosa. 

 For fragrance {and cut- 

 ting): Sweet Peas ; 

 Mignonette; Helio- 

 trope; Marguerite 

 Carnations; Stevia; 

 Stocks ; Sweet Sultan ; 

 Wallflower. 

 For climbing: Nastur- 

 tium; Morning- 

 glory ; Moonflower ; 

 Cardinal Climber; 

 Dolichos; Canary- 

 bird Vine. 



For 



And in this shaded corner 

 Long will the Pansies bloom; 



And Mignonette — to mention it 

 Is fragrance in the room: 



Around the beds and borders 

 Let Sweet Alyssum creep — 



We'll make our flower garden 

 What though the snows drift deep ! 



F. F. R. 



