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 Junipers and Retinisporas are good standbys in all coniferous groups 64 



Climbing Roses and clinging vines 66 



Frau Karl Druschki, the handsomest of all white Roses 67 



Caroline Testout Roses in the author's garden 68 



Radiance, a silvery-pink hybrid tea 69 



Grass walks and narrow beds help any Rose garden 71 



Roses are not uncommon in the South, but there should be more of them . 72 



Lady Banksia Roses are at home only in the warmer sections 76 



The popular Polyantha or Baby Rambler type 77 



A real Rose garden, as beautiful as it is rare 78 



A rough stone wall and deeply recessed stairway draped with Silver Moon 



Roses '. 82 



White Cherokees on brick walls 83 



When Spring comes to "Winterholme" 84 



White blossoms of flowering Peach trees 87 



The golden-yellow blooms of Jasminum nudiflorum 88 



The wild Rosa setigera, unlike the Cherokee, has deciduous foliage 90 



African Daisies of French gray with deep blue centers 91 



A velvety green carpet and formal beds edged with box 92 



Iris in the garden border 97 



When the Shirley Poppies bloom 98 



Pansies and Spanish Iris 100 



Yucca filamentosa is wonderful in May 103 



A beautified kitchen entrance and service path 104 



Petunias and Larkspur made this garden gay for weeks and weeks 107 



Daisies are beautiful whether wild or tame 108 



June opens the tresses of the perennial Phlox 110 



A most effective Summer flowering hedge is Hydrangea paniculata grandi- 



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Hydrangea effectively used in another way 112 



Good foundation plantings — while they last 115 



Boxwood for accent, turf for edging and perennials for color 116 



The wild Cactus (Opuntia) of meadows and woodlots .^ 119 



Too much planting for so little space 120 



Neriums (Oleanders) should be in bloom in July 121 



Bamboo fittingly used in a Georgia garden 124 



Midsummer in the author's garden 127 



Railroad stations are essential, why not make them attractive ? 129 



One of the showiest perennials for massing 132 



The beautifying effect of growing plants 135 



Cannas used to good effect in California 136 



Peony growing for eastern flower markets 139 



Chrysanthemums — reigning flowers of the Fall 142 



The charm of horticultural simplicity 143 



