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and tree box are best. Yew is adapted to objects of 

 large size, as is evident from the examples at Levens and 

 Elvaston. Box is used for miniature designs. The 

 curious Dutch specimens of topiary work at Ascott are 

 clipped from dwarf box trees. 



For cultivation in wooden cases, tubs, or large Potted 

 flower-pots, Portugal laurel, sweet bays, orange trees, plants, 

 and lemon verbena are frequently used. Where the 

 space for planting is limited, these are important 

 accessories. 



The beauty of the parterre must of course largely Garden 

 depend upon its wealth of flowers. For producing 

 masses of colour perhaps the finest perennials are iris, 

 peonies, roses, lilies, phlox, larkspur, Oriental poppies, 

 helianthus, dahlias, carnations, and gladioli. Among 

 the most effective annuals and biennials are colum- 

 bine, campanula, poppies, asters, African marigolds, corn- 

 flowers, sweet-william, snapdragon, wallflowers, pinks, 

 pyrethrum, pentstemon, and hollyhocks. For fragrance, 

 lavender, mignonette, alyssum, nicotiana, and thyme are 

 much cultivated. There are besides many tender or 

 half-hardy plants which must be partly raised in a green- 

 house and can be bedded out only in summer. 



A few flowering shrubs may be admitted to the gar- Flowering 

 den. Sweet almond, pirus japonica, azaleas, and rhodo- vines, 

 dendrons are usually placed in the border, as they take 

 up too much room in the flower-beds. Clematis, honey- 



