My Garden in Spring 



instance, does not shrink from associating eastern Euro- 

 pean plants with New Zealanders and Californians, and 

 it is rather the physical geography of the borders than 

 the native countries of their occupants that has settled 

 the question of position. 



It would be more pleasant to be able to refer to a 

 border as China or South Africa instead of such names 

 as position or quality of soil suggest. Here, for instance, 

 we have the Damp Bed, but I must warn all who read 

 that it is but a courtesy title, due to the fact that it is 

 not quite so dry as other beds because it lies on the 

 north side of some tall trees, and when last we turned 

 it out during autumn manoeuvres, we put a good layer 

 of peat moss two feet underground. 



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