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Currant (Ribes), (6) Pearl Bush (Exochorda), (7) double 

 Lilac, (8) Magnolia, (9) double Kerria, (10) Snowball 

 Tree (Halesia), (n) Viburnum, (12) Hibiscus, (13) 

 Spiraea, (14) Weigela. The other side may be planted 

 similarly, but with different kinds of Weigela, Spiraea, 

 Mock Orange, Flowering Currant, Lilac, and Magnolia. 

 Or a few other shrubs may be brought in, such as Budd- 

 leia variabilis Veitchiana, Laurustinus, Berberis Darwinii, 

 Olearia Haastii, Cydonia Japonica, Berberis stenophylla, 

 Ceanothus Gloire de Versailles, Staphylea colchica, Althaea 

 frutex, and Dogwood, which could be planted in the 

 order of their names. 



The herbaceous plants which, with the limited space 

 available, should be fairly dwarf, compact kinds, could 

 be as follows : (i) crimson Paeony, (2) blue German Iris, 

 (3) double white Pyrethrum, (4) Lychnis chalcedonica, 



(5) Trollius europaeus, (6) Aconitum bicolor, (7) Achillea 

 Ptarmica The Pearl, (8) Funkia ovata aurea, (9) Heuchera 

 sanguinea, (10) Linum narbonense, (n) Gaillardia, 

 (12) Phlox divaricata, (13) Anemone Japonica Honorine 

 Jobert, (14) Inula glandulosa. 



In a fifteen-feet border with one face only we could 

 get good groups of the larger kinds. Here the principal 

 clumps could be as follows : (i) Blue Delphinium, (2) 

 white Sweet Pea or Lily, (3) red Phlox, (4) Anchusa 

 Italica Dropmore Variety (blue), (5) Kniphofia uvaria, 



(6) Michaelmas Daisy, (7) Lupinus polyphyllus albus, 

 (8) Eryngium amethystinum or blue Sweet Pea, (9) 

 salmon-pink Phlox, (10) white Columbine, (n) blue 

 Delphinium, (12) Eremurus himalaicus or cream Sweet 

 Pea, (13) Papaver orientale (scarlet Poppy), (14) white 

 or mauve Sweet Pea. 



To get a succession of bloom at most seasons of the 

 year along the front of an herbaceous border is to add 



