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The Garden Magazine, March * 
II 
BIGGER CROPS- 
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LITTLE GARDENS OF 
DISTINCTION 
\A/ E CAME across it in a neat, unpretentious 
’ V street. The time was early summer, 
•md down the scores of streets in that suburb 
were hundreds of gardens all more or less nicely 
•pi- -grass well mown and flower beds filled 
the usual Pansies Pennies, Roses, am 
ssum and Iris; all v-.y o..cet and prett» 
| | all very like c?ch other. Tnen we came tc 
i bp rose garden: 1 no yard wa: no bigger than 
any of its companions, just .he ordinary town 
lot in size, but it was absoi different and 
distinct. Probably some other plants were therg 
£ >o provide for other seasons, but it gave impren 
i sion of a garden simply brimming over with 
I Roses. There was no attempt at the customary 
handkerchief-size lawn, the place was too small 
for that, yet’ the fresh green of grass was supplied 
in the broad verges of turf that bordered the beds. 
\ small, white pergola lifted aloft crea .. 
pink Climbers; there were gloriuu., masse* :)H 
strong-growing Hybrid Perpetuals and t' 
lovelier and more delicate Teas. This' 
| might have* been an incarnation of 
of June or a nook in the palace gaiu 
Haroun-al-Raschid, - ">nletely satistj 
it in its beauty a -nctness from an cue 
rest in the vicinity. , 
As we lingeringly passed on, we asked ei„ 
other why more people do not specialise in 
flower at a time, inST.ea<a ' r Having little tuft 
every kind in tho .catalogues? Of course 
catalogues are temptirfg, almost irresistible; and 
then one wants the dear old favorites; and friends 
give one slips and roots that have to be p' r 
somewhere; and though the result possibly is 
very near to the owner’s heart, how tei 
it loses in effectiveness. 
The average town lot is small enough ft • * 
whole of the front yard to be seen at 
Larger places can have shrubberies that 
up the grounds and give space for varied effects, 
but the small garden is like a single room, and 
that very analogy should teach us that, like a 
beautifully furnished room, everything in it must 
unite to give a single harmonious impression. 
Why not try banishing the bewildering variety — 
so like mixing all sorts of colors and st' 
of furniture, Jacobean, Chippendale, Missk 
in one room — and try for the unity of design 
out of doors that now characterises every wi Vi 
planned interior? This decision would not in thv 
least limit the gardener’s choice to just one 
flower, for no flower is at its best for more than a 
month at a time, and a succession should be 
planned with the idea always in mind that only 
one flower shall predominate at a time. The 
chief thing next to be decided upon is the allot- 
ment of space for each kind, carefully selecting 
those that can be made to fit in with each other 
without detriment to any. This can be done 
by choosing plants of different heights and by 
allowing flowers of two different seasons to occupy 
the same ground. Many combinations can be 
made but success will depend upon getting the 
blooming seasons of each to dovetail into each 
other as nearly as possible, and where the season 
of one extends into the next to have it harmonize 
in color and manner of growth. The following 
list is given as an example of what will meet these 
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