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Naturally the smaller growing kinds should be placed near the front, and 

 the taller kinds in the background, or in the centre if the border is seen 

 from both sides. Many kinds are at their best early in the season, and 

 their tops die down before midsummer, while others come on later and 

 last till the end of the season. These should be so grouped and fitted in 

 with each other that the space left by the dying tops of the early ones will 

 be filled by the later ones. In this way the border may be made to pre- 

 sent an attractive appearance throughout the whole season. 



The annual care required to keep a border in good condition con- 

 sists in (i) removal of all dead tops in the spring, (2) dividing and thin- 

 ning out those kinds which tend to spread too much and crowd out neigh- 

 boring plants ; (3) introducing new kinds from time to time as they may 

 be procured; (4) keeping out weeds and loosening the ground whenever 

 it may be bare and have a tendency to become crusted. 



The following list includes 50 of the most desirable kinds growing 

 in our borders. Those marked * are what would be selected as the best 

 25. Brief notes are added stating how each is propagated. 



Achillea "The Pearl" — Seeds and division. 



Adonis Vernalis (Spring Adonis) — Seeds. 



Agrostemma coronaria (Mullein Pink) — Seeds. 

 *Aquilegia chrysantha (Golden Columbine) — Seeds. 

 *Aquilegia coerulea (Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine) — Seeds. 



Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)— Seeds and roots. 



Aster Novae Angliae (Wild Purple Aster) — Division. 

 *Bellis Perennis (English Daisy) — Seeds. 



Bocconia cordata (Plume Poppy) — Division. 

 *Calliopsis lanceolata — Seeds. 

 *Campanula carpatica (Carpathian Bells) — Seeds. 



Campanula media (Canterbury Bells) — Seeds. 

 *Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) — Division. 

 *Crocus in variety — Bulbs. 



Corydalis nobilis — Seeds or roots. 

 ^Delphinium hybridum (Larkspur) — Seeds. 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) — Seeds. 

 *Dielytra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart) — Division. 

 ^Digitalis (Foxglove)— Seeds. 

 Doronicum caucasicum — Seeds and division. 

 Epimedium alpinum (Barren-wort) — Division. 



Funkia subscordata grandiflora (Giant Da)' Lily) — Division. 

 *Gaillardia grandiflora — Seeds. 



Gypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath) — Seeds and division. 



Helenium grandicephalum straitum — Division. 

 *Hemerocallis flava (Yellow Day Lily) — Division. 



Helianthus multiflorus (Double Sunflower) — Division. 



Hollyhock — Seeds. 

 *Iris Germanica (German Iris) — Division. 

 ♦Iris Kaempferi (Japanese Iris) — Division. 

 *LHium in variety — Bulbs. 



