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Honour of the garden, and there should be placed 

 some of the old-fashioned flowers or those that sen- 

 timent and superstition have made endearing. At 

 the four corners of the path that enter the Court 

 Peonies should be planted. They are older than 

 gardens and were the mainstay of many a blooming 

 New England yard. And Roses; plant there the 

 Cabbage and the Damask Roses, or the Musk Rose 

 that exhales its perfume on the evening air. Cin- 

 namon and June Roses are good garlands for the 

 Court of Honour. Peonies and Roses should not be 

 far separated in the new garden, for in the old they 

 went hand in hand, blooming fragrantly in June. 

 The old double Peonies are the best, the rose-red, 

 the pink or white. Not that the new Japanese single 

 and semi-double varieties are not beautiful; they 

 are, but somehow they do not look like the Peonies 

 one has been used to for so long. Peonies should 

 l)e moved in the Fall and you must not expect 

 much from the following Spring's bloom, if it comes 

 at all. They can be established and will bloom in 

 the shade. The foliage is very clean and free from 

 insects and blight, and aside from all sentiment the 

 Peony is a refreshing ornament to the garden. 



