The Kind of Garden 
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in blossom when the season of purchase is 
at hand, and beguile us with their charm- 
ing little faces, while the chrysanthemums 
are so unassuming and promise so little at 
that time, that they are passed unnoticed. 
It is likely, too, that more permanent 
flowers would be used if more were offered 
by florists and marketmen. It is a de- 
mand that would be created by exhibiting 
the supply; but they are not so offered, 
for commercial reasons. There is not so 
much money, because there is a little more 
trouble, in raising the perennials. 
Circumstances and personal taste must 
govern in a this-year garden, it is evi- 
dent, just as they do in every sort of 
garden ; and it is a matter for individual 
decision and selection. There are places 
and times where annuals alone are ad- 
visable, unquestionably ; but there are 
other places, perhaps of temporary resi- 
dence only, where certain permanent plants 
may just as well be used. And though we 
are none of us willing to plant for the 
benefit of subsequent tenants at the sacri- 
fice of ourselves, surely there is no rea- 
son why we should not be willing to let sub- 
sequent tenants benefit, if it happens that 
