September, 1921 
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THE DOORYARD GARDEN 
Usually, when we think of gardens, we see them 
from the outside, consider them as part of the 
picture they make with the house. But we miss 
half their charm unless we also think of them as 
something that lies beyond the door, a picture 
framed by the door or window, a colorful, sunny, 
animated glimpse in bold contrast with the more 
sombre room within. Every house should have 
a little garden close by the door—a dooryard 
garden. In the country it serves as a floral vesti¬ 
bule to the wider stretches beyond; in the city 
the fence beds, wall vines and potted plants stand¬ 
ing about form a refuge from the noise and grime 
and ugliness of the town pressing close around 
