¥X GARDEN Man s instinct is to express himself. He 



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wants to plan his own garden. As has been 



finely said, "man is designed to design, and 



he cannot avoid endeavoring to reproduce, 



externally, the proportion and harmony which 



are the very essence of his own organism, and 



which permit of his existence." 



One of the charms of one's own garden is 

 that one can plant what he likes and where he 

 likes. The planting may not have the approval 

 of the landscape architect, and it may be a 

 mistake, but his is the pleasure of working 

 out his own ideas and the benefit of learning 

 from his mistakes. 



The tendency to make gardening a matter 

 of high art is not without some drawbacks. 

 A great deal is made of the technical side of 

 gardening, — of color schemes, broad effects, 

 etc., — with the result that to make a garden 

 has come to seem to be a formidable thing, 

 and many, incapable of high art, are deterred 

 from the attempt. 



If this feeling were to become common, how 

 many small gardens, due only to the planting 

 impulse and a love of flowers, would be ruled 



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