30 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



in pointed corners over which unwary feet might easily trip. I 

 possible at .all, beds of sweet-scented blossoms should be located iij 

 front of seats of all kinds. 



Herbaceous borders in the open are more charming thai! 

 those against walls, when they can be really wide ones, if gianj 

 plants can occupy centre places mostly and yet leave room fo: 

 ordinary ones to be grouped on either side of them. If the bordei 

 against the wall or fence is narrower the latest perennials wil 

 be kept chiefly at the back, which leaves most of the borde; 

 width available for the lesser growers, edged by dwarfs. 



Thousands of most ardent flower-lovers can only raise and cultij 

 vate plants in small back gardens, so every suggestion should bd 

 valuable as to ways of planning these so as to secure most beauty] 

 There is no reason why a little pleasure-ground should not be as far 

 and as well kept as any portion of a large one, but overcrowding 

 must be avoided, also the attempt to have a dozen features when 

 space admits of but two or three. To know what to avoid is ai 

 important as choosing what to grow. 



An important design, unlike the straight lines of path 

 grass, and border usually seen, is shown by Fig. 3. By curving th< 

 walk the owner gained a longer path up and down which to sauntej 

 in thoughtful moments ; by making it lead to a seat against the end 

 wall he preserved it from the reproach of leading nowhere. A grasj 

 plot of fair size was his delight, and this he could not have obtained 

 had he made the path encircle it. Evergreen shrubs near the outi 

 buildings, intended to shut these off, were Aucubas and Berberises 

 with a golden Privet, white Rhododendron, and Laurustinus in fronl 

 not the commonplace Laurel, Privet, and Euonymus : behind this be| 

 a narrow border made in a deep box enabled climbing Nasturtium! 

 and Sweet Peas to cover the shed side each year, and a tub of Fera 

 and Periwinkles stood farther up the alley. Flowering shrubs, a 

 an opposite corner, were Cistus ladaniferus, Weigela rosea, Syraj 

 phoricarpus radicans, the Strawberry Tree, and Cytisus albus, tto 

 white Broom : a hedge of Escallonia macrantha took the place of j 

 Privet one that had formerly existed to shut off the neighbouring 

 garden. The roses were all perpetual bloomers, Hybrid Teas in thi 

 group, and Hybrid Perpetuals for the half-standards, with a Madam< 

 Berard and Mrs. W. J. Grant on the arch. The rockery mound wai 

 well covered by coloured Primroses, Viola cornuta/ the Horned Viola 

 Pinks, Aubrietias, Cross-wort, or Crucianella stylosa, and the littl* 

 pink Geranium cinereum. Chrysanthemums included single anc 



