“Now,” he went on, “you will wish to leave a walk down the center with a border of flowers on each side,” sketching them in.
“You see, the beauty of a garden depends so much on the way it is laid out that garden planning has become a profession, and the man who studies it is known as a landscape gardener.”
“My,” laughed Mary Frances, “how much you learned at the garden school; you’re lots better than a seed catalogue.”
“Much obliged,” replied Billy, “that’ll do for bouquets. Now listen: the way to grow early Spring flowers is to plant bulbs in the Autumn—about the first of November. Then, early in March, sometimes even in February, tiny snowdrops will pop up and, a little later, beautiful crocuses.”
“Won’t that be grand!” cried Mary Frances.
“Yes, in the next lesson perhaps, I’ll give you a list of bulbs and plants which you can set out at the proper time.
“The best scheme for the vegetable garden is to work it out into small rectangular beds between well-kept walks,” said Billy, finishing the—