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GARDENING FOE WOMEN 



touch to the beauty of the building itself. Without 

 a terrace, the house would appear insignificant 

 and poor — now it seems to have grown in dignity 

 and stateliness. What pleasant days, too, can be 

 spent in noting the happy results of garden- 

 making, such as we see in the great yew trees of 

 Levens, the grand Avenues of Le Notre, at Ver- 

 sailles, or the clever grouping of trees in many an 

 English park. Here we, who come some two 

 hundred years after, reap the full benefit of what 

 then had the appearance only of a flat field dotted 

 with stiff little baby trees. We can follow the 

 old plans and ideas, but by using quicker growing 

 materials it is possible to develop a picture under 

 our eyes. 



