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remain for years with the peonies, as a great deal 

 of ground is required for the spread of the latter 1 s 

 foliage. 



In regard to other perennials, fill at first only 

 one-third or one-half of the space laid out for a 

 colony, setting the plants thickly enough together 

 to cause one summer's estimated growth to seem 

 at a little distance nearly to conceal the ground. 

 Fill the remainder of the space with a good and 

 appropriate annual, massed; let one or two of 

 the plants wander over into the perennial colony, 

 that the effect may appear less studied. As the 

 perennial colony becomes crowded remove some 

 of the plants and with them continue the filling of 

 the space. Another way, but not quite so good, 

 is to plant the perennials wide enough apart to al- 

 low for a few years' expansion and then fill in 

 the spaces with annuals. 



