. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. these parts like the rest of the body. In summer this flowery dragon filled with bright Golden King and Lady Bird nasturtiums is indeed a novel and pretty ->g5^ sight. The plants should be ^'--f-y clipped to keep them in general conformity rounded figure of the An interesting and the garden should be My sketch green- y^ with the dragon, quiet corner of furnished wit
. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. these parts like the rest of the body. In summer this flowery dragon filled with bright Golden King and Lady Bird nasturtiums is indeed a novel and pretty ->g5^ sight. The plants should be ^'--f-y clipped to keep them in general conformity rounded figure of the An interesting and the garden should be My sketch green- y^ with the dragon, quiet corner of furnished with a seat. suggests a simple, painted affair, which we can make ourselves. !/' Nothing is uglier or more uncomfortable than those cast-iron montrosities one frequently meets with in appointed parks. Little rustic or Japanese seats like those suggested by sketches are very appropriate away in a sweet corner embowered with honeysuckles or morning glories. Those of us who are familiar with the A Japanese Golden Dragon. cemeteries and artificially Seats, etc. my snuggled. tures of St. Mark's Square nice will remember the or tal flag-staffs which stand before the cathedral. The copied in Central Park, and in the beautifiil Renais opening on the lake are the same kind of flagstaffs, from which float pretty bannerettes. In a good-sized garden, where there is an open space, a Frame of the Dragon. pic- in Ve- namen- immcdiately idea has been New York, sance plaza. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Fewkes, A. H. Philadelphia W. A. Burpee
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