BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 
volume, these views are taken so generally from almost 
every section that the climatic conditions describing one 
State may usually stand as well at least for the States im- 
mediately adjoining. The only section of the Union omitted 
is that part through which run the Rocky Mountains. 
As a rule, this part of the country is not in its nature open 
to the cultivation of formal gardens, although its wild 
flora is remarkable enough to deserve special treatment. 
In the brief chapters to follow there will be given more 
detail relating to climate, in order that we fellow gardeners 
in all parts of the Union may know something more about 
one another’s garden program, our several problems, and 
our privileges in this outdoor life that we lead. 
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