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have a depth of 3 or 4 feet to sound, and where it 

 might remain undisturbed for many a year. 



Similar plantations of Lilies might be placed half 

 way up, and here and there in their neighbourhood 

 small paddocks of the better sorts of Daffodil, growing 

 securely beyond reach of the spade, and high above the 

 dead level of border life. All through the heat of 

 summer and autumn these would dry and ripen, and 

 accordingly, instead of dying out in a few years, would 

 multiply, often quadruple themselves. Groups of Tea 

 Roses might appear here and there, with Ramblers 

 becoming bushes behind the high level at the back. 



Single specimens of Fern everywhere, with Mosses, 

 and Gentians, and Saxifrages, all making themselves at 

 home along the serried edgings of the pathway. 



One great advantage of this plan is, that instead of 

 single, separate, ineffective, isolated plants, the border 

 will chiefly consist of groups and patches of various 

 extent, each sort assigned to its own special quarter, 

 and so arranged that the colours contrast and com- 

 bine. Bulbs and plants which are not always in 

 evidence should be somewhat deeply planted (and 

 always carefully labelled), so as to allow a carpet 

 of spring or summer flowers on the surface Forget- 

 me - not, Nemophila, Phacelia, Mignonette, and so 

 forth. 



Over rocks or division walls the Aubretia, Wild Thyme, 

 and Creeping Phlox will find their way, and Dwarf Ivy 

 will soon form festoons round the projecting roots, so 



