HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 1910 
246 
THE MARK OF QUALITY- 
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The Garden in Winter and 
Winter in the Garden 
(Continued from page 215) 
An evergreen winter garden, enclosed 
with a hedge so high that winter is shut 
out, is something which every all-the- 
year-round home should boast, for the 
encouragement which it will give to out¬ 
door life. This is, of course, somewhat 
apart from the subject under considera¬ 
tion, but I feel that it should be men¬ 
tioned, because we are dealing with winter 
in the garden. Where there is space to 
set apart such a spot, even though it is 
very tiny, it ought to be done. Surround 
the evergreen shelter hedge—which need 
not be trimmed, by the way, unless one 
prefers, but may grow unrestrained—with 
an outer sheltering planting of deciduous 
native trees mingled with evergreens. 
Have its ‘‘walls'’ run north and south so 
that all the sun’s warmth may pour down 
unobstructed, into it; and furnish it with 
some simple rustic or stone seats or 
benches, and a table—then get into the 
habit of loitering there an hour daily, 
during the sunniest time of day. 
All plants have a winter beauty quite 
as distinctly their own as the flowers 
which they bear in summer; observation 
alone will teach it—for it is brought out 
or obscured very often by the plant's situ¬ 
ation and surroundings. In developing a 
garden, aim to find out what particular 
quality each plant depends on for this 
winter charm. Learn to look at winter 
landscapes as having something positive 
to offer—and to look at plants in winter 
undress as likewise having a positive 
beauty and not the merely negative, dead- 
and-gone-to-seed aspect which long habit 
has made us associate with them. Then, 
having found this beauty, group and ar¬ 
range the garden to bring it out to its 
best advantage. Generally speaking, a 
group that is good in summer will be good 
in winter; but this may not be the case if 
the work is highly artificial. 
The final test, however, of garden and 
gardener is the test of winter. Good work 
will be good in winter, with no unsightly 
winter armament on delicate interlopers 
to disfigure the picture — for that is the 
last word in gardening, whether it is 
realistic or formal; it builds a picture. 
Whether it is a picture that lies under a 
mantle of snow, or under the staid brown 
of autumn—or under the radiant green 
of young spring, should not matter; the 
picture quality must be there. If it is, no 
season can take it away. 
Fall-Sown Sweet Peas 
TA EPTIT of root-growth is the most 
important factor in growing Sweet 
Peas successfully. By planting the seed 
in the fall, the roots will have more time 
to develop, with a probability of better 
plants next year. Sow the seeds in Octo¬ 
ber if the soil is a strong loam; in No¬ 
vember where the soil is a warm, sandy 
one. 
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