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WiId Gardens for the Home G roundsI By J. R. Pooe.. UNIQUENESS 0OF THE NATURAL GARDENS Wiid gardenis in the home grounds* give us an outiet for.the imagina-. tion, eing ralyamaebelieve gaine in. whiirh.grown-up folks find- as keen delight as do the kiddies in playing hoeuse and fighting. Indians.. When. we develop a. crner back v ~Kililnsect -Pest$ Sr..n DOOe. Dbor mad Wandow Inaoets F17 Box ,Trmp PrtaiI. Lanteras Phone or wrIte W. M. BRANCH 704 Roger Ave. Kenilwortb 4310 6 N. Michigan Ave. CEN. &613 Factory-SyC5fl1ore, 111. and Canopies for STORES -HOMES Porch Curtains and Outdoor Fumture, Lawn UI*bllas, etc. SUPerior,.9700ý Wide choiceOof new 1931 patterns. Every style distinctive, .verY itai- lim..n o. r ted.Individuad de-' under the spreading apple -tree, int which we have running riot. stÙchs flowers as weý have found in -the .wildJ mooriands and. on, the unfencedc wooded stopes, we are giving our- sielves somewvhat the samne thrill, as we get in. expioring nature's 'own w ild gardens, and more stil because it is our own. As we build: the rock garden, we are pretending to build. again the- rugged mio.untain siope, weare satis-1 fying that inner craving for these1 wild .untrammeted, unexplored,,Cx-_ panses which have. always enticed, folks. As ive puddle aroundthe Bogi garden, our thoughts desert the shop.A the- kitchen the entanglements and demandg of society, and we are again picking our way atong through thei soggy stretches of nieartow wliicir skirted the creek which in the sprirlg1 often became .swollen with over- abundant rains. And the thickets .of the untouched, woodland corner, with the inter- woven charm of bird tif e, how insis- tently it transports us back over many years . to those happy f ree childhoo.d days when we swiped the sweeter fruits f rom. the neighboring orchards. . Part of the interest of such gar- dening and much of the charni of nature's wild lands is in observing .how these volunteer ptantings choose their locations, how they. chopse their * associates, how they live Mn close communîties, how they provide for their own protection and for tl.eir own f ood. We See iii these na i ree, growths -the, effect di overcrowdiiig, the contrasts of the niany weaklings as against the fkw weli devetoped, well fed, weli protected indiv~iduals. -If we are to have a thrifty wil corner in our own gardens, we munst take. lessons, objecit essons, at t he source of things, tessonsin, rouping, tessonýs in feeding, lessons, in color c ombinations, tessons in continuity of bealuty -throughout the seasons.> THE,-NATURE 0F WILD GARDIENS Now the open woodlandsand the timbered siopes are about- ait the grounds which are left availableý for the habitation of real wild things. it is the rugged hilisides, the mnarsh-' lands, the brakes' along the -courses of the streams which are not suit- able for cultivation or even for graz- ing, these are the wilds which are So generously left free f rom culti- vation and in which theý wild flowers, thé birds .and. the -freeborn creatures are permnitted to carry o n: the 'old order of thiftgs.. These. arcas., na-. turaiiy grow up to tiniber, rank-brush and ait sorts of cover. *Therefore, the wild flowers as wve- cati themn, are naturaliy such plants as grow well and as usually requiire forthleir best development plenty of shad e, ranging f rom the haîf open siades of the rneadowlands to the gioomn of the deep forests. .W ild gardens. then Iogically_ 1)e- « cone associated with th~e shifting shades, ïts ailurement, the filter.ing sunlight, the ever-changing and alI- ways interesting .play of these rest- less pencimgs as they are cast across the sea of waving ferns, or as~ they haif conceal the unexplored charm of a motley chummy sweep of -Spring's wild flôwers. It also foliows thiat,, because theseý plants have been accustomed.to anl Fernis for. sunny spots, férnis for the pools. 15~ gra Y" elW -for shade, for -dry or wet areas. Aquatic varieties. 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So unless. we areý provided ýwith some shadé for the wiid garden, un- less we, are wiliing, to gîve it sôme soi which somewha t equais the tim- ber soit, and uniess wve are %villing to let, these freedo m-ioving 'plants .grow in their aiccustomed way, then we had'better not bcgin to develop any such garden. The wet, sour, soggy c.orner is just- the. place for, the Bog gardien. The u.nruly,.washy,.shaded siope or terrace, is a fit-home f 1or the Rocky. garden, but do not let it become. 1a cyclone garden. That big bareý moss-infested side of the la:wn with its dense shade, where enougli money has been spent to, carpet it with ,-greenbacks. wvhy noiz cov .er it with a matting of wild. vining plants, seduns, mnyrtie, pachy- sandra, creeping JeInny, hepatica., ranunculus, violets, cover it over once.for ail, so thick thaàt.weeds sv'ill' not bother and.then enjoy its color- fui fiowers 'and shadings oi re throughout the year.1 BUILDING THE FERNERY *The fern beds mysra u rather generously and mnay be iliade to take up quite an exi)anse or shaded lawn, but the fernery shoulci aiso have intersperscd for coritrast and natural appearance, quite freely, a mixture of such wvild flowvers as ýhepa'tica, jack-in-the-puipit, trilliuxns, violets, blood-root, wild,,phiox. *Then the grotind may bie rolling, broken, rather Iow - and somnewhat Iroclcy. The rocky- effect may' be stone paths which willi be néeded to give, accessto; the lairger fern plant- ed areas. The fernery, if plainted with the right varieties, wii maintain its in- terest, its enticing beatlty, much longer into the late suinmer and falf, than will the rockçery or the strictly i