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, now, we ask when and where 
we need the Fine Art of Gar- 
dening, must not the answer 
be, Whenever and wherever we 
touch the surface of the ground and the 
plants it bears with a wish to produce an 
organized result that shall please the eye? 
The name we usually apply to it must not 
mislead us into thinking that this art is 
needed only for the creation of broad 
“landscape’ ’ effects. It is needed where- 
ever we do more than grow plants for the 
money we may save or gain by them. It 
does not matter whether we have in mind 
a great park or a small city square, a large 
estate or a modest door-yard : we must go 
about our work in an artistic spirit if we 
want a good result. Two trees and six 
shrubs, a scrap of lawn and a dozen flower- 
ing plants may form either a beautiful little 
picture or a huddled disarray of forms and 
colors. 
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