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gardens is always treated by successive sowings. A 

 row sown early in April, in a sunny spot in the open gar- 

 den and thinned out, will flower profusely before very 

 hot weather, bloom itself out, and then leave room for 

 some late, flowering biennial. That sown in the 

 regular seed bed early in May may be transplanted (for 

 this is the way by which large trusses of bloom may be 

 obtained) early in June into three locations, using it as 

 a border for taller plants, except in the bed of sweet 

 odours, where it may be set in bunches of a dozen 

 plants, for in this bed individuality may be allowed to 

 blend in a universal mass of fragrance. 



In order to judge accurately of the exact capabilities 

 for shade or sunlight of the different portions of a garden, 

 one must live with it, follow the shadows traced by the 

 tree fingers on the ground the year through, and know 

 its moods as the expressions that pass over a familiar 

 face. For you must not transplant any of these annuals, 

 that only live to see their sun father for one brief sea- 

 son, into the shade of any tree or overhanging roof, 

 but at most in the travelling umbra of a distant object, 

 such as a tall spruce, the northeastern side of a hedge, or 

 such like. 



In my garden one planting of mignonette in full 

 sun goes in front of the March- plan ted sweet peas; of 



