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The Garden Magazine, January, 1924 
that most ordinary feature, a railroad 
embankment, planting it with Sumac, 
Elderberry and Sweetbriar, so that it 
makes a good setting for the Delphini¬ 
ums and Hollyhocks across the end of 
the garden. 
Between the hedge and the path we 
planted our flowers, an attempt being 
made to plant them with a thought for 
their time of blooming so that the dis¬ 
play might be as continuous as possi¬ 
ble. Tall plants were put at the back, 
with the lower ones before them. 
Perennials were used almost entirely, 
space being reserved for only such an¬ 
nuals as Nasturtiums, Poppies, and 
Asters. 1 remember having mentioned 
to one of my husband’s friends that 1 
was beginning a garden of perennials 
THIS LITTLE GARDEN 
HOLDS MUCH DIVERSITY 
“ If one cares enough for flowers 
to plant and tend a garden it is 
almost certain that, in spite of 
mistakes, one will be rewarded 
by beauty and enjoyment. Gar¬ 
dens are like children in that if 
one loves them enough and the 
right way it is difficult to spoil 
them ” 
than in the beds where they belong. We are bothered a good deal by 
having to step around these plants, but the path is solid enough to make a 
good footing in damp weather and that is really the prime reason for a path. 
All the short paths across the sod are of irregular stepping-stones; 
these require much time for clipping, but their beauty warrants it, for 
wild Violets and English Daisies spring up all about them and 1 can 
forgive the back-aches acquired in their care when I step on them, my 
path one literally strewn with flowers. 
O NE of the first things to plan is the garden enclosure; in town a 
garden should have a hedge or fence. One has not the vista of 
hills, fields, or orchard for a background as one would have in the country, 
and the garden needs a background. It sets off the beauty of the flowers, 
provides protection, and screens the unlovely yards of neighbors which 
may feature ash and garbage cans. Our hedge was of Honey Locust 
planted in a double row. The nurseryman said it would put out its 
leaves earlier in the spring and lose them later in the fall than any other 
plant suitable for a hedge, but we soon learned that he had the facts 
reversed. 
I think the real reason, however, that we planted that kind of a hedge 
was that 1 liked the name so well. The mention of a Locust tree always 
gives me pleasure because 1 remember tall Locust trees blossoming about 
the house where 1 lived when a child. Honey Locust seemed an even 
sweeter name. The shrub proved to be a graceful one, but not very good 
for a hedge and is being replaced gradually by Lilacs, with Barberry 
growing against it to make the lower part of it impenetrable. 1 have 
seen small gardens successfully enclosed in high wire fences, the wire 
covered with wild Grape or Woodbine; one suburban garden has utilized 
