LAYING OUT A GARDEN 



phinium have clumps of about a dozen Lilium 

 cancUdum, which bloom at the same thue. 

 Edge the border with Sweet Williams, three 

 kinds only, — white, pink and dark scarlet. 



I should not advise making all the borders 

 around a house ahke. The easterly one will 

 be most lovely if planted with tall ferns or 

 brakes, taken from near some stream in early 

 April, before they begin to grow. These will 

 become about four feet high if you get good 

 roots and keep them wet. Plant in among 

 them everyw^here Auratum Lilies, and you 

 will have a border that will fill your heart 

 with joy. On the north side of the house it is 

 not possible to have much success with vines, 

 as they need the sun. They will grow, but 

 not with great luxuriance. Here plant two 

 rows of the common Rhododendron maxi- 

 mum, which grows in our woods. I crave 

 pardon for calling it "common," since none 

 that grows is more beautiful. 



In front of these plant ferns of all kinds 

 from the woods, and edge the border with 



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