OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



side as many hydrangeas, the two never 

 blossomed simultaneously again, but did 

 so seriously incommode each other, and 

 get into each other's sunshine, that I was 

 soon obliged to move them into another 

 location. Indeed, the blossoming season 

 differs so much in different years with us, 

 that it is necessary to leave a wide mar- 

 gin in calculating for colour combinations. 

 And I even question if it would be possible 

 anywhere to count upon the blossoming 

 season of hardy plants definitely enough 

 to plant artistically till one had prac- 

 tically tested the locality, and planted 

 and replanted until the grouping was de- 

 termined by actual experiment. Soil, 

 moisture, altitude, climate, and even the 

 variations of different seasons, all affect 

 the blossoming time of shrubs and plants. 

 It would, therefore, not be of much help 

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