It is hard to believe that this is a city lot 
NATURE EFFACED THE ARTIFICIAL LINES ALONG WHICH THE GARDEN WAS ORIGINALLY LAID— 
BECAUSE HARDY PLANTS ARE USED, THE LABOR CEASES LONG BEFORE HOT WEATHER ARRIVES 
—A SOLUTION FOR THOSE TO WHOM GARDENING PROVES TIRESOME IN SUMMER 
by Bertha Scott 
W E will agree that there is no excellence without great labor, 
but occasionally we are allowed to choose the time of 
our labors, thereby making our work more enjoyable. All of 
us who have even played at gardening have felt the enthusiasm 
that comes with the rush of spring ebb slowly into indifference— 
and, alas! sometimes in 
August, into frank dis¬ 
gust. 
Consequently, unless 
one has strength and en¬ 
thusiasm that heat and 
drought cannot affect, I 
think that in a garden at 
all elaborate it is wise to 
emulate the example of 
the spring garden at 
“Liberty Hall,” in Frank¬ 
fort, Kentucky. 
From March until early 
in June this garden is 
aglow with riotous masses 
of color—something to re¬ 
member all summer. Then 
when the hot, dry days 
come, the tea roses and 
the shrubbery are enough 
to make the garden the 
most desirable retreat for rest and quiet. But all active gardening 
has long since been over. 
Then, too, this is entirely a hardy garden, and that means much 
less work than where annuals are used. A few days’ work in the 
fall, transplanting the bulbs that tend to crowd, and covering the 
other bulbs and plants 
with a protective mulch— 
then all is in readiness for 
the next year. The spring 
garden will of itself burst 
into bloom at the first hint 
of green in the trees and 
carry its lovely pageant 
into early summer. 
There are few settings 
which could surpass that 
of Liberty Hall’s garden. 
A great wooded hill forms 
the background and be¬ 
tween the hill and the gar¬ 
den flows the Kentucky 
River. On account of the 
frequent inundations, 
however, it has not been 
possible to terrace the gar¬ 
den to the water’s edge 
and the lower terraces are 
It is entirely a hardy garden requiring only a few days’ work in the fall — transplanting bulbs 
and spreading the protective mulch 
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