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A SMALL SPRING FLOWER 

 BORDER 



THE tale of this border is soon told — not the 

 pleasure of it, for I can assure the reader 

 that from early spring to late autumn, from the 

 hour when peony shoots and bulb leaves first 

 pushed their way through the ground, there has 

 been no moment when this place had not a pecul- 

 iar interest. A slight description written imme- 

 diately after the original planting was made, and 

 first printed in the Bulletin of the Garden Club of 

 America, may here be introduced, thanks to the 

 courtesy of that society. 



The border in question is a double one, a bal- 

 anced planting on either side of a walk of dark 

 brick about two and a half feet wide. The space 

 allotted to flowers flanking the walk is some three 

 feet. Eight subjects are used; combinations of 

 color, periods of bloom, form and height of flowers 

 and plants, all are considered. 



At those edges of the borders farthest from 

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