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ones. Therefore concentrate your work, and aim 

 at quality rather than quantity. Never set out 

 to have so large a garden that the amount of 

 labor you have to expend on it will be likely to 

 pr'^ve a burden rather than a pleasurable recrea- 

 tioii. 



Do not attempt anything elaborate in a small 

 garden. Leave fancy beds and striking designs 

 to those who have a sufficient amount of room 

 at their disposal to make them eff ective. 



I would advise keeping each kind of plant by 

 itself, as far as possible. Beds in which all colors 

 are mixed promiscuously are seldom pleasing be- 

 cause there are sure to be colors there that are 

 out of harmony with others, and without color- 

 harmony a garden of most expensive plants must 

 prove a failure to the person of good taste. 



I would not, therefore, advise the purchase of 

 " mixed " seed, in which most persons invest, 

 because it is cheaper than that in which.each color 

 is by itself. This may cost more, but it is well 

 worth the additional expense. Take Phlox 

 Drummondi as an illustration of the idea gov- 

 erning this advice: If mixed seed is used, you 

 will have red, pink, mauve, scarlet, crimson, 

 violet, and lilac in the same bed, — a jumble of 

 colors which can never be made to harmonize 

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