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which we had made for the purpose. As soon as 
the seedlings were large enough to be transplanted 
to the garden, the same boxes were filled with sand 
for the Geranium cuttings, made by the children for 
their school winter window boxes. We endeavored 
to have choice varieties of plants, from which the 
children picked quantities of seeds for the school 
and home gardens. 
One of the most varied, brilliant and attractive 
features of the garden was the mass of portulaca 
between and bordering the flagstones which served 
as a formal entrance into the garden. From it we 
secured effective and quick results as we had no 
money to have the place sodded. One garden path 
was bordered with French Marigolds which were 
brilliant all summer, and another with hardy 
Chrysanthemums for late blooming, and from which 
we propagated hundreds of plants to be given away 
next spring. 
Any one with plans, plants and patience can make 
a good garden. The interesting thing was to fol- 
low the plants to their new homes and become ac- 
quainted with their new surroundings, which, in 
many instances, left much to be desired. The inten- 
tion was to have the garden serve as a suggestion, 
as well as a place for the distribution of plants. One 
man who was solicited said he had a number of 
plants to give away, but instead of sending them to 
the “Exchange Garden” he had given them to his 
neighbors— a very sane thing to do. One woman 
who was questioned about her plants said, “They 
came over the fence.” A love of the beautiful is 
an innate heritage of children. Some are forced, 
through stress of circumstances, to endure a starved 
existence in barren back yards and cheerless alleys. 
They thirst for the refreshing influence of flowers, 
which must be afforded them by those who are 
more fortunately situated. As plants could find no 
feeding ground in such sections, flowers from the 
Exchange Garden were given. A visit to “Germ 
Alley” one hot day last summer was an experience 
long to be remembered. 
The purpose of the Garden seems to have ap- 
pealed to many persons, as this spring we have 
offers of many plants, seeds, roots and bulbs, which 
will enable us to carry on the work next summer on 
a more extensive scale. An experiment which has 
been so successful in one community must be 
equally so in other communities. In these days 
when such strenuous efforts are being made toward 
a “More Beautiful America,” advantage must be 
taken of all efficient agencies, one of which is an 
“Exchange Garden.” Louise Klein Miller. 
Curator of School Gardens, Cleveland. Ohio. 
THe Transformation of the Home Grotinds 
Occupying the very summit of the land, south of 
Kansas City, Mo., lying between the Brush Creek 
Valley on the north and the Indian Creek Valley 
to the south, is “Concord Farm,” the beautiful coun- 
try home of Mr. W. M. Abernathy. 
View No. I gives the appearance of the home-site 
two years ago. A double belt of Maples and Box- 
elders, set ten feet apart and alternately, formed the 
boundry line of an old home-site, and were the only 
green things on the place. To the north and west 
this belt had been planted five rows deep as a wind 
break, and had grown to be tall, slender trees with 
foliage only at the top of all inside rows. 
The site chosen for the house necessitated cutting 
away a part of the tree belt to the north, and in so 
doing a beautiful view of the whole south slope of 
Kansas City, some five miles away, was obtained. 
By choosing this site for the house, so as to gain the 
city view, and give the priA-acy of a country home, 
ample lawn and ornamental ground was left be- 
tween it and the county roads. This ground was 
broken and irregular and required some four feet 
fill in front of the house to get the proper slope 
towards the county road and to ele\‘ate the house to 
its proper position as the main feature of the 
grounds. 
HOUSE AND LAWN IN 1905. 
