BORDERS OF HARDY FLOWERS. 



a stock of plants may be at hand. Make the choicest borders where 

 they cannot be robbed by the roots of trees ; see that the ground 

 is good and rich, and that it is at least two and a half feet deep, 



Flower border against house. 



so deep that, in a dry season, the roots can seek their supplies 

 far below the surface. Plant in naturally disposed groups, never 

 repeating the same plant along the border at intervals, as is so 

 often done with favourites. Do not graduate the plants in height 

 from the front to the back, as is generally done, but sometimes 



