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The best perennials for the purpose, in my opinion are: 



Bleeding heart Early May 



Peach-leaved bellflower- Mid-June 



Gas plant June-July 



Japanese balloon flower July-Aug. 



Miss Lingard phlox July-Oct. 



Swamp rose mallow August 



Japanese anemone Sept. 



Subsessile veronica Aug.-Sept. 



Hardy chrysanthemums Sept.-Nov. 



LOW SHRUBS FOR BEDDING 



I think we ought to use low shrubs for bedding, as the English 

 often do. For (i) they are more permanent than perennials; 

 (2) they are a pleasant change from the flatness of ordinary bed- 

 ding; (3) some of them have brilliant autumn foliage in addition 

 to their flowers. The best shrubs for this purpose, in my opinion, 

 are those with arching stems that meet the grass. The following 

 are all of this type, and the dates from September to March mostly 

 refer to flowers or berries : 



Magnolia stellata (Plate 104) . March 



Forsythia suspensa (Plate 104) April 



Spiraea Thunbergii May 



Spiraea Van Houttei May 



Deutzia gracilis May 



Philadelphia* Lemoinei (Plate 103) June 



Stephanandra flexuosa June 



Regel's privet June-July 



Rhus copallina . : July 



Blue spirea Sept. 



Yellow root Sept.-Oct. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus Sept.-Nov. 



Berberis Thunbergii Sept.-Mar. 



THE BEST FILLERS 



For filling in between the most important plants we must have 

 something that grows higher than the centre piece without taking 

 much room. Therefore, bulbs are best, as a rule. I would reject 



