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or some similar plant as an edging. It reminds one of the 

 days when no garden was thought complete w^ithout its 

 labyrinth. No one wall object to a border being placed 

 around a flower bed, but when it becomes the most promi- 

 nent feature, it is of doubtful advantage. A flower bed 

 cut from a green grass plot is the best position possible ; 

 for it reminds us of the clumps of w'ild flowers that we 

 meet in rambling through the meadows and along the 

 grassy banks of beautiful streams. 



