Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-02
SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS

SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS *
$3.50. ON GARDENING
garden reflects the personality of
the gardener, and it may as well be ad-
naitted. that the reason complete gardens
are scarcely. to be found in New England,
itself a natural garden spot, is that there
are today so few true gardeners. In an
era OF small baclkyards and diversified
farming. of. extensive greenhouse opera
tions and never-ending apartment. house
construction, there is small place for gar
dening A garden is permanent thing
1t comes with a mature civilization, when
men take time to develop themselves
through careful culture in their envi-
ronment. a.. -
| The Romans, who were masters of gar
dening, included ornamental as well as
fruit bearing trees. in their gardens
Roger Bacon's royal order of garden"
| was for all months of the year, in which
| were planted in well ordered design
| fruits, flowers, shrubs and vegetables,
| with a generous space left for green
kept finely shorn." Rarely did the es-
sayist grow so enthusiastic as over gar
dening, of which he wrote men come to
build stately sooner than to garden fine
ly. as If gardening were the greater per-
fiction" asia 5
"A too hurried. generation does. little
i gardening. and does that little poorly. A
balanced garden; Of raspberries and Bald
win apples. as well as hollyhocks and
string beans, presupposes a permanent
| dwelling. so rare a possession of either
industrial or professional workers today.
iPermanence of dwelling place necessarily
depends upon depth Of interest and pur-
pose in the work which supports the
home. The garden in suburban Massa-
chusetts reflects the unsettled and pur-
poseless condition Of large numbers of
home makers. The war provided, of
course, sort Of hysterical stimulus to
gardening, but to gardening only Of that
ephemeral kind which leaves a bare
brown soil one fall and faHow for sew
eral succeeding seasons. The ploHing Of
golf links and the hastN investment in
hoes and .ten-cant seed packages do not
make gardeners. Their gardens do not
complete and balance the horne.
| 4 garden demands some expenditure Of
| thought and imagination. as well as a
certain minimum of leisure for its devel-
oprnent. Such a garden as man and a
woman who combine taste for arrange
rnent with a love Of growing things can
create is as vital part Of the home az
the library, as abundant a source of in
SEPARATION and more instantly accessible To
all members Of the family A we'll plan
ned garden is the setting Of the home. II
includes the shrubs and flowers plants
the fruits as well as the vegetables. With
some mana cement and skill a complete
garden is within reach Of the most mod.
est householder. He may convert. hi,
| houselot into a garden, and still retair
! his lawn. w. ;.
Rarely is there a backyard so small I
has not room for two or more fruit trees
set at the ends Of a vegetable Mot. !
row Of raspberries or oeonies- demand
scarcely more space than a row Of shell
beans and need displace but margin Q
, the cultivated area. There are shrub
. that set off every tyne of porch. and tree
that At into SPACES Of almost all extreme
. Of dimensions. Every man who plant
: beans is gardener in the cocoon stat.
: Why stop with beans when fruits an
= shrubs and all manner of beautiful an
: useful plants will yield their contribute
to the satisfaction. of home with lii
tie additional trouble? All of, us can lear
from gardens,