. Gardens and their meaning, by Dora Williams. School gardens. 156 GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING rather the concern of the trained landscape architect than of the ambitious young fiedgUng, so that one would be rash indeed in these few pages to suggest changes. Permit us, however, to take a look at the back yard. This can seldom be called too civilized or too conventional. On the contrary, it remains in savagery. Its gods are apparently the washtub and the flapping clothesline. The services of. A LITTLE BACK YARD a missionary are certainly required. So little are the possi- bilities of a back yard
. Gardens and their meaning, by Dora Williams. School gardens. 156 GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING rather the concern of the trained landscape architect than of the ambitious young fiedgUng, so that one would be rash indeed in these few pages to suggest changes. Permit us, however, to take a look at the back yard. This can seldom be called too civilized or too conventional. On the contrary, it remains in savagery. Its gods are apparently the washtub and the flapping clothesline. The services of. A LITTLE BACK YARD a missionary are certainly required. So little are the possi- bilities of a back yard appreciated that a proposition to make it beautiful has many a time been greeted with derision. That the back yard is probably tiny is a foregone conclusion, but so was the old Salem garden whose summerhouse is thus described. "" What a refreshing sense of comfort these vine- covered structures gave to the little back-yard gardens. Here the housewife would come to shell peas and pare apples, or to read awhile in the cool shade after a hot fight with the unwelcome weeds of the garden. And the children of the. 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 Williams, Dora. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company
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