4 Making a Garden to Bloom This Year 
“ temporary residence.” Both of these 
are, of course, equally urgent, but the 
point of view in each is enough different to 
affect the result very materially, in a way. 
The newly established home is, of course, 
to be permanently planted, and this per- 
manence will enter into the selection of 
the plants as well as into their arrange- 
ment, even in the first year. The pri- 
mary consideration on such a place will, 
therefore, be the permanent effect — the ul- 
timate result — while this year’s bloom, 
however essential it is deemed to be, and 
however keenly it is desired, must be more 
or less incidental. 
But the garden of 66 temporary resi- 
dence ” has no such foundation upon 
which it must — or may — be built, unless, 
indeed, it is the work of a rare type of 
gardener. Frankly, I have never been 
able to see any good reason for the general 
reluctance to plant permanent things in 
the garden of an impermanent home ; and 
why we do not as willingly buy a dozen 
plants of chrysanthemums for fall bloom 
as we do a dozen of pansies for spring 
bloom, is not apparent, on the face of 
things. Perhaps it is that the pansies are 
