Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . ak the prospect, and to that end we must plantthem in sinuosities, instead of right lines. Also,it will be well to place the smallest near the house,for it is another rule in gardening, so far as gar-dening can be confined by rules, to bring thesmallest near, where the eye would otherwiseoverlook them, and let the tall, strong plantsspeak for themselves at a distance. Thus yourwilderness will recede in ever-heighteningmasses, the remoter growths suggesting the edgeof a wood into which one might penetrate formore than—well, s
Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . ak the prospect, and to that end we must plantthem in sinuosities, instead of right lines. Also,it will be well to place the smallest near the house,for it is another rule in gardening, so far as gar-dening can be confined by rules, to bring thesmallest near, where the eye would otherwiseoverlook them, and let the tall, strong plantsspeak for themselves at a distance. Thus yourwilderness will recede in ever-heighteningmasses, the remoter growths suggesting the edgeof a wood into which one might penetrate formore than—well, six or eight feet. Here, then,is a scheme to gain this effect: The yard is given over to grass, chiefly, for,as there is much shade, flowers will not bloomcopiously; and, again, if you insist on flower-beds27 LITTLE GARDENS in addition to so many shrubs and trees, thepicture will be crowded and confused. There isnot the least objection, however, to trellises en-closing the whole yard, and supporting sweetpeas, trumpet-vine, passion-vine, honeysuckle, ^S^^x^%&:. ,,^^^^v«^ Fig. I. — I, 2, 3, Shrubs; 4, trees; 5, flower-beds. moonflower, morning-glory or climbing vines need not encroach on the yard itself,and if they are carried to a height of eight orten feet they will add much to the seclusion, bothactual and apparent. If flowers of smaller habitare used, wild ones will better consist with yourplan than tame ones. I am fond of the wild28 THE CITY YARD things, and have grown them with success in acity yard, my golden-rod standing head high,with stems hke willow branches for girth andstoutness; my buttercups unfolding in a verycloud—hundreds of shining blooms; my daisiesstarring the perspective with copious silver; andI know a front yard, two minutes from one of thebusiest streets in New York, that, in the season,is beautiful with wild asters. In the plan, theobjects numbered i are hydrangeas, rhododen-drons or any other tough bushes that mark thebeginning of the
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