HOW TO PLANT A SMALL PLOT 



tember the twentieth and should be at least 

 four feet wide. Either a hedge can be 

 placed at the back of the border, or tall- 

 growing flowering shrubs, such as white 

 and purple Lilacs (not the Persian), IMock 

 Oranges (Syringa), Deutzia and Roses of 

 Sharon (Althea). These shrubs will grow 

 about equally high, yield an abundance of 

 flowers, the Altheas in August, the others 

 in May or June, and in four or five years 

 will form a complete screen from the neigh- 

 boring grounds. 



In front of the shrubs perennials can 

 be planted, taller ones at the back, lower - 

 growing ones in front, and annuals along 

 the edge. Such a border, if from fifty to 

 a hundred feet in length, will be a garden 

 by itself. The plants will do best if closely 

 set, and every vacant space filled in June 

 with annuals. Weeds then have Httle chance 

 to grow, and a short time every day will keep 

 such a border in order. The border can be 

 of any width from four to twelve feet, but 



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