Broad Lawns and Broad Sea Views 
Gardening on Cape (od 
Surprisingly often, newcomers to Cape Cod tell 
of their impression that, of all the places they have 
visited, Cape Cod seems more than any others to be 
“oarden-minded.”’ Rare is the Cape home, even the 
humblest, which doesn’t have its well-kept bit of 
green lawn, some attractive flowering shrubs or ever- 
greens, a few trees, and usually a border of colorful 
flowers. 
This happy condition, we feel, stems from three 
main causes: First is acommendable spirit of personal 
pride in home and in community. Along with this is 
a better-than-average appreciation of the value and 
importance of pleasing environment. And finally, 
Cape Cod is particularly fortunate in its year-round 
mildness of climate. Summers are cooler, winters 
less severe, because of the tempering quality of the 
four seas which we face. People and plants alike 
benefit by this pleasant state of affairs. 
True, not everyone has a green thumb, but nature 
has gone more than her half of the way to provide 
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