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THE BLOSSOM CIRCLE OF THE YEAR 



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Then, the first requisite of a Rose garden or a Rose border is 

 a background. It may be an evergreen hedge, an Ivy-covered 

 wall, a trellis or pergola the lines of which are buried in the leaves 

 of some evergreen climber. It may be a border of shrubbery 

 that is planted along the boundaries of a city lot or an estate. 

 But whatever and wherever it is there must be no question about 

 its abiding qualities. For the foreground the soft greens of the 

 evergreen turf of the South forms a most worthy treatment. 

 The middle distance will be filled with the glowing colors and rich 

 shades of the Roses themselves. If the walks must be brick or 

 gravel then the beds of the Roses should have an edging of turf 

 not less than eight inches wide and inside this edging dwarf Box- 

 wood, or Violets, or evergreen 

 Candytuft will make a dark green 

 ribbon to tie the harmonies of the 

 Roses to the velvet greens of the 

 turf. If grass walks are possible 

 they are the most satisfactory in 

 every way and the Rose beds 

 should then have the same edging 

 of Candytuft or the dwarf Box. 



Since Boxwood of all varieties 

 is almost impossible to secure in 

 quantity and is prohibitive in 

 price, for the dwarf evergreen 

 edging nothing is better than II?eris 

 sempervirens, the Candytuft. This 

 little plant begins to bloom as 

 early as January, and until April 

 is a continuous delight in its snowy 

 masses that carpet the ground. 

 Secure good, strong plants from 

 the nursery, place them six inches 

 apart and in a very short while 

 they will be gladdening your heart 

 Lady Banksia Roses although riotously as well as your garden with their 



luxuriant, are at home only m the i n r 



warmer sections lovely flOwer faceS. 



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