Let’s make a flower garden - 1912 - PREFACE - Several of the chapters in this book have appeared, essentially in their present form, in The Craftsman, The Ladies IVorld, Suburban i f a e nd House and Garden. To the editors of these magazines the authors thanks are due for permission to use this ma terial again. PAGE INTRODVCTIO . N … … … … . 1 HE HOTBE A D S D TRASSPLASTIX . G … … . 1 39 THE T BAXSIES E T D EN … … … . 15 1 T H E I L L U S T R A T I O N S Perhaps I plagiarized a bit from the Japanese in designing my arches … … … Frontispiece FACING PAGE Blossoms which lure to the garden birds I would never otherwise see … … … … 12 Clematis … … … … … 13 Nothing is so absolutely entrancing as a clump of nicotiana in the moon glow … … … . . 26 Salpiglossis … … … … . . 27 The Canterbury Bells add a delicacy and poetry to every bed in which they chime … … … 42 Hardy chrysanthemums … … … . . 43 The most decorative form in all the flower world … 58 German iris … … … … . 59 The horse-bitten rose … … … . 74 Rlaman Cochet roses … … … … 75 Tall single tulips and the eccentric parrots … . . 106 Narcissus … … … … … 107 In its ghost stage the dandelion reaches the spiritual . . 114 Sedge … … … … … . 115 THE ILLUSTRATIONS-continued PACING Arch and trellis are painted a soft gray green … . P 1 A 3 C 0 E Sweet peas … … … … . . 13 1 We transplant our Shirley poppies and thereby have them just where we want them … … … . 14 6 Shirley poppies … . .… … . . 14 7 An annual hollyhock … … … . . 15 - 1 Cobcea scandens … … … … . 1 55 A bench along Dutch lines … … … . 1 60 Lady Gay roses about the suiidial … … . . 16 1 The public bath where iucnlbers of tlle orcl eetra bathe an drink … … … … … 17 0 … … … … A buccaneer butterfly 171 A brookbreakingice barriers inspring … … 1 80 Abluejay … … … … … 18 1 The poor English sparrow does not deserve the continuous persecution that he suffers under … … 18 5 The insatiable robin … … … … 1 89 The guardian of the garden … … … 20 2 P … … … … … . 2 03 T HERE are some phrases which carry magic in their sound, a magic which cannot be explained by mere logic, and the greatest of these phrases is, Lets make a garden. It has a Merry Christmas, Hurrah for the Fourth of July tinkle of joy. The instinct to mingle with the soil evidences itself in the mud pie stage of childhood as we grow older we merely make many more, and much more beautiful mud pies with frosting of perfumed color, and call it Garden. No one ever entirely grows up who lives in a gar den. I feel sure almost all gardeners still believe in Santa Claus and as for fairies, was it not in Kensington Gardens that Mr. Barrie discovered all the wonderful facts about Peter Pan Perhaps it is the help of the Little People that makes gardening so easy for mortals. I know many professionals try to scare one with all l sorts of bugaboo theories of the difficulties of flower culture but to refute this, we only have to take a drive through the outlying districts of the town where theworkmen and washerwomen - the so-called humbler citizens - live, and the prodigality of bloom surrounding each busy doorstep will soon show us what wealth even the supposed poor may own, without adding extra burden to their tired backs…