Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . Fig. 12. It would be gorgeous, indeed, if you couldcover the whole of the diamond with flowers,planting canna in the middle, then gladioli, thendianthus, phlox, love-lies-bleeding, cockscomband other flowers of red or ruddy hue till the pro-gression ended at the walk in a border of thered alternanthera, or of ruddy coleus. The trl-66 THE CITY YARD angular corners marked B could be filled by talland bushy plants—nothing better for this thanstout old roses. The hindrances to the plan areMary Anns feet, for she has so few other
Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . Fig. 12. It would be gorgeous, indeed, if you couldcover the whole of the diamond with flowers,planting canna in the middle, then gladioli, thendianthus, phlox, love-lies-bleeding, cockscomband other flowers of red or ruddy hue till the pro-gression ended at the walk in a border of thered alternanthera, or of ruddy coleus. The trl-66 THE CITY YARD angular corners marked B could be filled by talland bushy plants—nothing better for this thanstout old roses. The hindrances to the plan areMary Anns feet, for she has so few other placesto plant them that flowers must serve; and againwe have been a wee bit sparing of grass, unlessthe neighbors have a deal of it that is in viewfrom our own premises. Also, the divergentwalks seem indirect for direct and wakeful peo-ple. The floriculture could, therefore, be re-stricted to a circle in the middle of the combination of the last two plans can also beexpressed in this:. Fig. 13.—I, Flower-beds ; 2, statue or LITTLE GARDENS This, like some of the other gardens, mustbe laid off by permission of the kitchen powers,for if they decide for clothes, the clothes musthave more space and their wearers will accustomthemselves to self-denial and hard-boiled shirts. It will be noted that of the flower-beds thusfar, or to be shown, all are of simple form. Iam opposed to carpets, at least in yards, andto pictures and mottoes, and to topiary and allextravagances of artifice. There may, possibly,be occasion for beds in the shape of harps, clocks,flags, houses and lions, but such occasions can notoccur in the home garden whereof we treat. Inbrief, I am opposed to difficulty for its own may be virtue in the postulate of art forarts sake, and acrobatics for hardships sake,and Maine laws for the lands sake, but it wouldbe an easier, pleasanter world if we applied ourstrength to changing things for the better, in-stead of making things to change,
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