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compact beneath the earth and do not in¬ 
terfere with the roots of the pinks. There 
are white, lavender and purple crocuses in 
the border that bloom at one and the same 
time. When they are faded, there are two 
rows of hyacinths, one all white, and in 
front of it, a row of blue with clumps of 
pale pink at intervals, to vary the effect. 
The hyacinths, too, have multiplied freely. 
Sometimes there are four or five bulbs 
where one was planted; sometimes there 
are even seven. And this does much to 
give them a naturalized look. While they 
are still in bloom, the daffodils begin to 
flower behind them. This gives the first 
resplendent bloom of the season. Every 
border should have times when it excels 
itself. Our border has what might be 
termed four dramatic climaxes in the 
course of its successive bloom, and this is 
one of them. 
The wonderful part of a border like 
this is that so many flowers should grow 
and bloom in turn from wind-swept March 
until the late November frosts, and that 
they should all so expressly realize our 
aspirations for home sentiment and poetry. 
Now is the time to think of planting a 
hardy garden border. There is just time 
to dig up the bed and to make it as rich as 
ever you can in fertility, for it will soon 
be time to plant many of the perennials, 
and then soon after them the bulbs for 
their early spring bloom. Have you never 
longed for a hardy garden border in front 
of your house? Why not start one now? 
It will repay you bountifully and magic¬ 
ally in sentiment and beauty for all the 
care and interest you show it and make 
your life fresh with present joy and in 
anticipation. 
Making the Service Side of the 
House Attractive 
(Continued from page 139) 
interesting in numberless ways, and the 
gates especially add attraction. Those 
with curved tops, the old Colonial form 
with a semicircle cut from the top, are not 
only pretty but, if honestly built, strong at 
the hinge on account of this cut. 
_ As a final word, consider lattice attrac¬ 
tive in itself. It should be judged the 
same as any other architectural feature. 
Do not cover it with vines or use it simply 
as a support for vegetation. Its chief 
attraction is where climbing roses or 
growing vines simply accentuate its form 
rather than cover it up entirely. Simply 
because your lattice may hide from view 
what takes place within its inclosure, don’t 
let the kitchen equipment be of a slovenly 
sort. Good, solid garbage pails, ash bar¬ 
rels and refuse containers heighten the 
morale of the kitchen and the orderly serv¬ 
ice yard and will give best results. 
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