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forms a charming finish along the front : but 

 its tall flower-stalks must be staked early, or it 

 soon looks untidy. 



The said herbaceous border needs constant 

 and watchful care just now. It is so easy, by 

 even a week's neglect, to let it turn into a 

 wilderness. The Oriental Poppies, for in- 

 stance, are most unsightly as soon as their 

 flowers are over, and must be cut down at 

 once to give room to the Alstrcemerias, Mont- 

 bretias, Gladioli, Tiger Lilies, and Lobelia Car- 

 dinalis, which have been planted among them 

 to ensure a succession of red and orange 

 through the Autumn. The rather tiresome 

 blue Lupins tiresome because they are so 

 very forthcoming and apt to appropriate the 

 whole border may go too, as far as their 

 flower spikes are concerned, for their foliage 

 is not to be despised. And any Delphiniums 

 not required for seed should be cut down as 

 soon as possible, when they will repay us with 

 a few welcome flowers in the Autumn. It is 

 easy to get a good stock of these beautiful 

 plants by sowing the seed in drills in the open 



