PERENNIALS 



rubrum; Agrostema; Carnations; and for 

 annuals, pale pink Balsam; Asters; Phlox 

 Drummondi; and a quantity of pink Glad- 

 ioli, which were planted about the 10th of 

 June. 



The white border had three clumps of 

 Boconia cordata; a quantity of Foxgloves, 

 planted in the back close against the 

 Hollyhocks; white Canterbury Bells; several 

 clumps of HyacintTius candicans; white 

 Platycodons; four great clumps of Japa- 

 nese Iris, which are beautiful objects for a 

 month; white Phlox of both early and late 

 varieties. As the flowers in these borders 

 are kept only for show, by breaking off the 

 heads of the Phlox immediately upon their 

 ceasing to bloom, the Phlox seems always to 

 be in blossom. There were also white Rock- 

 ets; a quantity of Valerian; white Colum- 

 bine, and a number of Lilium album. White 

 Balsam, Asters, Sweet Sultan, and Gladioli 

 were also planted. 



The red border was more difficult to ar- 

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