. The little garden. owing things. It is an illustration of the valueand beauty of principle in gardening that such things as theabove, done for one purpose, — that of shutting out ugliness, —at once become the needed stepping-stone to something else. Inthis case it is the backgroimd that they imconsciously is this enchanting double use of every living thing in garden-ing, its many-sided use, which bursts upon one often in momentsof garden discouragement, and gives one that sense of insightand of hope which is one of the gardens gifts to its owner. Before any planting at all is cons
. The little garden. owing things. It is an illustration of the valueand beauty of principle in gardening that such things as theabove, done for one purpose, — that of shutting out ugliness, —at once become the needed stepping-stone to something else. Inthis case it is the backgroimd that they imconsciously is this enchanting double use of every living thing in garden-ing, its many-sided use, which bursts upon one often in momentsof garden discouragement, and gives one that sense of insightand of hope which is one of the gardens gifts to its owner. Before any planting at all is considered for the small place, wemust consider what is there; and after objectionable objects areshut away by plans for screens of fohage, we then have that price-less thing, a background of green, against which may shine forthlater the forms and colors of the lesser and more decorativeplanting. Some years ago I owned a lot in a manufacturing district. Thefirst move made was to fence in the whole space, forty by one. Screening out the garage viih poplars SITUATION, SOIL, SURROUNDINGS 7 hundred feet, with wire, arranging a httle entrance gate also ofwire. In front of this lot, between sidewalk and street, we settwo very fine American elms fifty feet apart, of the kind used inthe Boston parks, and a third was planted at the extreme backof the lot, in one corner, to give shade and pleasure to a trees were set near the fences at the back, — apple, cherry,plum, pear, — and six grapevines started, with the fence as sup-port. It was the intention, when building there, to place the housewithin fifteen feet of the street, fill the intervening spaces withflowers, so that all passers-by might enjoy them, and so divide allthe groimd in the rear as to give, first, a space of green grass fordrying clothes, and for use by the family in warm weather; sec-ond, a space for flowers; third, a space for vegetables; and fourth,a space for a garage. Alas, that in a lot of this size
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