32 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



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so : it is often wise to put 

 up with formality, and uti- 

 lise every inch for bold 

 groups of plants that are 

 bound, when in maturity, 

 to take off all the stiff ap- 

 pearance. The garden of 

 this kind I once knew (Fig. 4) 

 had a cold border A, in 

 which climbing Ivy, Yellow 

 Jasmine, German Iris, Lon- 

 don Pride, Montbretias, 

 Primroses, Polyanthuses, 

 and Violets were willing 

 to flourish. In border D, 

 shadowed also by the 

 houses, Columbines, Sweet 

 Peas, Arabises, Michaelmas 

 I Daisies, Wallflowers, and 

 j Pansies throve ; farther 

 < down, in the larger portion 

 > E, sunshine reached well, 

 and climbing Hoses, trained 

 Plum trees against the five 

 foot wall, Oriental Poppies, 

 Pinks, Mossy Saxifrages, 

 the white Bush Poppy, or 

 Romneya Coulteri, Erige- 

 rons, more delicate Michael- 

 mas Daisies, Japanese Ane- 

 mones, and Delphiniums 

 succeeded, thus giving lovely 

 masses of flower visible 

 from the dining-room win- 

 dow. Border F, shady, was 

 full of Sweet Williams and 

 Pansies, Border c, against 

 a five foot trellis shutting 

 off outbuildings and dust- 

 bin, had Foxgloves, ferns, a 

 bush of pale pink llugosa 



