Formation of a Flower Garden 



Borders. 



I have already hinted that borders are sometimes more 

 useful than beds worked out on a design. They are 

 planted with less likelihood of error, and are in many ways 

 more conducive to good culture. Not that I wish to 

 disparage the making or employment of beds, but I con- 



FIGS. 17 and 18. Borders and paths. 

 A Wall. B Border. C Grass. D Path. E Hedge. 



sider that as a general rule the amateur will find the ends 

 he has in view more fully realised by the use of borders, 

 which, as it happens, are often despised and considered 

 common. A few very palpable errors are often mixed 

 up with the idea of borders. It is conceived that they 

 can only exist against a house or under a wall, and that 

 they must conform in all cases to some straight line. 

 These flimsy arguments can be very easily disposed of. 

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