WILD-FLOWER GARDEN
WILD-FLOWER GARDEN.
A wild-flower garden has a most attractive sound.
One thinks of long tramps in the woods, collecting
material, and then of the fun in fixing up a real for sure wild garden.
Many people say they have no luck at all...
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WILD-FLOWER GARDEN
WILD-FLOWER GARDEN.
A wild-flower garden has a most attractive sound.
One thinks of long tramps in the woods, collecting
material, and then of the fun in fixing up a real for sure wild garden.
Many people say they have no luck at all with such a garden.
It is not a question of luck, but a
question of understanding, for wild flowers are like people and each has its personality.
What a plant
has been accustomed to in Nature it desires always.
In fact, when removed from its own sort of living
conditions, it sickens and dies.
That is enough to tell us that we should copy Nature herself.
Suppose
you are hunting wild flowers.
As you choose certain flowers from the woods, notice the soil they are
in, the place, conditions, the surroundings, and the neighbours.
Suppose you find dog-tooth violets and wind-flowers growing near together.
Then place them so in
your own new garden.
Suppose you find a certain violet enjoying an open situation; then it should
always hav
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