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mature, being removed to the ever lengthen- 

 ing rows when they are old enough to bloom. 



Behind and between, and before the 

 Madonna lilies, many other varieties are set, 

 because, alas ! even in this June-worthy spot 

 it cannot always be June ! Clumps of the 

 white and the rose coloured Japan lilies grow 

 against the wall, and many, many gold-banded 

 lilies. A few Harris lilies grow there also, 

 but not many, and in the farthermost corner 

 stand tall, red or orange or salmon coloured 

 lilies, with recurved petals and many-flowered 

 stalks. There is, however, an interval of 

 shrubbery between these, so that the pink 

 blossoms are not lessened in value by the near- 

 ness of opposing colours. A great many ferns 

 are planted in this border, and so are pale lilac 

 foxgloves and larkspurs in every shade of 

 blue, the two plants growing together in un- 

 believable harmony. They come from another 

 nursery - bed where biennials and perennials 

 stay until transplanting time, and where so 

 many provisions are made in case of any 

 emergency, that it is never thought wise to 

 keep the old plants in the border after their 

 best days are over. They are, therefore, 



