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ceed. This rule, however, works both ways, and 

 he will succeed with some that require much care 

 and attention when his neighbours fail. It is 

 better to give up the obstinate ones for a time at 

 least, although the idea of defeat may be miwel- 

 come; there are enough flowers to go 'round. 



Turn a deaf ear to the nurseryman and even to 

 your dearest friend if he would dissuade you from 

 edging the paths of your garden with Box, for in 

 your heart of hearts you know that there is noth- 

 ing better for the purpose than the little plant 

 that has stood the test for so many hundred years. 

 Besides, there is nothing else that will do. There 

 is certainly nothing more typical, nothing more 

 eloquently redolent of the old garden. When the 

 enclosure is made and the paths laid out and edged 

 with Box, the garden is finished, except for the 

 planting of the flowers ; but if it were never edged 

 with Box it would never be finished, no matter 

 how many flowers were planted nor how brilliantly 

 they bloomed. And i; the flowers never were 

 planted you would enjoy it as it was, as you will 

 see it many months of the year. 



Box edging is easy to transplant and grows 



