A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



background of shrubs, look best in rows, in 

 spite of all that has been ^\Titten against it: 

 For instance, Hollyhocks, a long row of plants 

 three deep, broken every ten feet or so by 

 a clump of a dozen, and in front of these a 

 single row of Rudbeckias, broken with clumps 

 of six or so, and the rest of the border planted 

 in masses, more or less according to space, of 

 Phloxes, Larkspur, Lilies, Columbines, Sweet 

 A^^illiams, with every now and then a good 

 clump of Chrysanthemums to blossom when 

 all other flowers are gone. 



In filling a border along a rather short 

 path, the plants should always be set in 

 clumps of from six to twelve of a kind. If 

 the border is narrow and has no shrubs or 

 hedge back of it, the effect will be better if 

 the plants do not exceed three feet in height. 

 Omit from such a border Hollyhocks, Kud- 

 beckias. Sunflowers and Cosmos. Sweet Wil- 

 liams, Columbines, Sweet Alyssum, Candy- 

 tuft, Nasturtiums and Phlox Drummondii can 

 all be grown as edging for borders. 



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