POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE 
part of every human life; careless of maintaining our 
own, careless of invading that of others. 
A town need not be unlovely nor even monotonous 
because its gardens are hidden. On the contrary, gar¬ 
den walls and gates, as a previous chapter endeavored 
to establish, can be wonderfully beautiful and various, 
assisting successfully in making the streets unique and 
picturesque. In the open country, hedges and fences 
not too easily seen through are sufficiently protective, and 
are capable of adding greatly to the charm of country 
roads; while no town of considerable size should be 
satisfied until it possesses well-planned and carefully 
kept up public gardens. 
The little city of St. George, in Bermuda, is an ex¬ 
cellent example of the beauty to be attained by walled 
town gardens. The quaint, narrow streets run be¬ 
tween walls of varying height, over which fall the flam¬ 
ing branches of hibiscus or the long purple streamers 
of bougainvillea. And everywhere arched or pillared 
gateways lend sudden, surprising glimpses of the de¬ 
lightful gardens within those walls. Now and again 
one comes upon an enchanting court separated from 
the street by charming arches and paved with the om¬ 
nipresent white coral, while within, a tree throws its 
shade over narrow beds of white lilies against white 
walls, or the intense scarlets of geranium, pomegranate, 
and hibiscus kindle the whole to radiance. 
No arrangement of open spaces conventionally 
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