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F, now, we ask when and where 

 we need the Fine Art of Gar- 

 dening, must not the answer 

 be, Whenever and wherever we 

 touch the surface of the ground and the 

 plants it bears with a wish to produce an 

 organized result that shall please the eye ? 

 The name we usually apply to it must not 

 mislead us into thinking that this art is 

 needed only for the creation of broad 

 '^landscape" effects. It is needed where- 

 ever vve do more than grow plants for the 

 money we may save or gain by them. It 

 does not matter whether we have in mind 

 a great park or a small city square, a large 

 estate or a modest door-yard : we must go 

 about our work in an artistic spirit if we 

 want a good result. Two trees and six 

 shrubs, a scrap of lawn and a dozen flower- 

 ing plants may form either a beautiful little 

 picture or a huddled disarray of forms and 

 colors. 



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