I have asked a professional artist, Mr. Mathews, to draw me the land of a flower-bed that he likes. It is shown in Fig. 21.

It is a border, - a strip, of land two or three feet wide along a fence. This is the place where pigweeds usually grow. Here he has planted marigolds, gladiolus, golden rod, wild asters, China asters, and - best of all - hollyhocks. Any one would like that flower-garden. It has some of that local and indefinable charm that always attaches to an "old-fashioned garden" with its medley of form and color. Nearly every yard has some such strip of land along a rear walk or fence or against a building. It is the easiest thing to plant it, - ever so much easier than digging the characterless geranium bed into the center of an inoffensive lawn. The suggestions are carried further in Figs. 22 to 25.

23. A sowing of flowers along a marginal planting.

24. An open back yard. Flowers may be thrown in freely along the borders, but they would spoil the lawn if placed in its center.

25. A flower-garden at the rear or one side ot the place.