Sunset . tumn glows with clumps of thesmaller chrysanthemums. It will benoted that as the season advances thecultivated areas are withdrawn to theparts around the house and the daffo-dils and irises may be left dry and for-gotten, all summer watering and at-tention being concentrated in a rela-tively small and most convenient area. At the far end of the garden, almostout of sight, is a small propagatinggreenhouse and cutting garden. In thelatter I allow my Italian helper to satisfyhis consuming passion for plantingeverything in straight rows. Here arethe gladioli, gerberas, winter stocks,and c


Sunset . tumn glows with clumps of thesmaller chrysanthemums. It will benoted that as the season advances thecultivated areas are withdrawn to theparts around the house and the daffo-dils and irises may be left dry and for-gotten, all summer watering and at-tention being concentrated in a rela-tively small and most convenient area. At the far end of the garden, almostout of sight, is a small propagatinggreenhouse and cutting garden. In thelatter I allow my Italian helper to satisfyhis consuming passion for plantingeverything in straight rows. Here arethe gladioli, gerberas, winter stocks,and carnations, where they belong. This garden, casual as its arrange-ment may seem, is, I imagine, a fairlygood expression of my personality, notof the quite disreputable-looking per-son I am in my garden clothes, but ofwhat I dream of getting out of my gar-den, a series of colorful pictures throughthe seasons, and the interest and excite-ment of watching develop there plantsthat are new and satisfying to FEBRUARY 1935 xo If You Plan to Build a


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