BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. 
All parts of the garden not devoted to the cultiva- 
tion of fruits and vegetables may be looked upon as 
places in which hardy flowers of some kind may be 
grown. Some spots will be better situated than 
others, so far as shelter from the cold winds is con- 
cerned. others will probably be somewhat shaded 
during the hottest part of the day, while again, a 
piece of ground under a wall facing due north will 
never have a streak of sunshine on it from one year’s 
end to another. Indeed, there are as many aspects in 
a garden, as there are degrees to the compass, but for 
practical purposes they are more conveniently looked 
upon as four — the north, south, east, and west. In 
the following pages there are many plants described 
that will be found to grow well in one or the other of 
these aspects. It may, however, be regarded as a 
general principle that somewhat tender plants from 
warmer climates than our own should nearly always 
find a place in that part of the garden facing south. 
Here they will not only secure the most valuable part of 
the sunshine, but will also be protected, at least, from 
the north winds. If buildings, walls, or hedges, exist 
on the north and east sides, and the ground has a 
gentle slope towards the south, or is at least well open 
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