VII 



MARYLAND 



Flower gardens adorn many of the places in Mary- 

 land, most of them of the old-fashioned kind so char- 

 acteristic of the Southern States, and others of a more 

 recent date. The latter, though less elaborate than those 

 of New England, are quite as attractive in the studied 

 simplicity of their design. 



Conspicuous often are the Ivy-edged paths some- 

 times replacing the low Box border, and the great growths 

 of Box and rare shrubs, once imported luxuries from old 

 England, speak the prosperity of early days. 



In the low country of the interior the midsummer cli- 

 mate is humid and hot enough to discourage the flowers of 

 this season, but when certain annuals are kept sufficiently 

 moist and mulched they may pass unscathed through the 

 trying season and join the few fall perennials for several 

 weeks of bloom. 



Winter protection is not a matter of .importance and 

 Pansies need but an ordinary covering of leaves. An ex- 

 treme of cold, which is rare, might bring disaster to the 

 leaf-covered Canterbury Bell in the open, but this is one 

 of the gambles in garden life. 



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