42 HARDY BORDERS 



hand, a border of hardy flowers has an ever-changing charm 

 new forms, new colours, new odours and it maybe attractive two 

 months longer. The plants are relatively permanent and may 

 be multiplied without a greenhouse. 



Therefore, I believe that one of the most important lessons 

 we Americans have to learn about gardening is that nine tenths of 

 us ought to grow flowers in borders rather than in beds of geometrical 

 shape. I believe that the hardy border ought to and will be- 

 come a national institution, that it will help us develop an Ameri- 

 can style in gardening, and that somehow we shall be able to give 

 to it a charm that shall be distinctly American. 



