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OUR GARDEK FORUM 



LL subscribers are requeued to contribute short articles 

 to Our Garden Forum relative to their garden experi- 

 ences, successes and difficulties, and matters of intere^ 

 pertaining to unusual garden conditions, the whims 

 of flowers, f f,^^ 



THE USE AND ABUSE OF GARDEN ORNAMENT 



Never have I seen a garden that looked like a man, but 

 I Ve seen many that looked like women and a few that looked 

 like beautiful women, for beauty of the type I mean is rare. 

 It would be inconsi^ent perhaps for me, of all persons, to say 

 that '* beauty unadorned adorns the mo^," for my life has 

 been largely consecrated to the study of adornment — at lea^ 

 so far as gardens are concerned. So, when I speak of a beautiful 

 garden I mean one adorned, ornamental, in short, with those 

 various forms of art which seem to hav« grown up with and 

 appear to be an integral part of it. 



Sometimes, in visiting estates in California, Long Island, 

 and other parts of our country, I have been depressed and dis- 

 appointed when being conducted through the gardens, famous 



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