PLANTING 



back of the border. The best effect and 

 quickest screen is made by planting, against 

 the fence at the back of the border, White 

 Lilacs (not the Persian), Syringas, Deutzias 

 and the beautiful new Altheas. Plant these 

 shrubs three feet apart. In good soil they 

 will send up great canes, and in four years 

 time should be six feet high and shut you 

 in from all prying gaze. 



In planting a border, always keep in mind 

 the fact that it should be blooming from 

 May to November. Put in the plants ac- 

 cording to height, the tallest, of course, at 

 the back and the lowest in front, filling the 

 front also with spring-flowering bulbs, Daffo- 

 dils, Tulips and Narcissi, which will blossom 

 and be over before the plants come on. 

 You will thus have the longest succession of 

 bloom. If the border is quite wide — from 

 four to six feet — and perhaps one hundred 

 and fifty feet long, it will hold a surprising 

 number of plants. 



Certain plants, in a long border with a 

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