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are run down their centres, and sufficiently wide paths will yet remair 

 on either side of the borders. Again, I have seen very small garden* 

 in which the grass plots were long, narrow, straight strips, not 

 beautiful, and certainly not serviceable. If these had been broker 

 up by ornamental-shaped borders running their whole length, the 

 opportunities for flower cultivation would have been largely 

 increased, and novel instead of commonplace effects would hav* 

 resulted. So in both large and little pleasure-grounds border designs; 

 suitable for use in the open can be sometimes made use of. 



Elegant curved outline is the distinguishing feature of the 

 design Fig. 1 : even in black and white, upon paper, the shape look* 

 fascinating, and when the Shamrock forms are tilled with flowers oi 

 contrasting colours, and the frame is the cheerful hue of gravel 01 

 the green of turf, there are few critics who will not be pleased. A 

 pretty way to fill this border is by having a different-coloured varietyj 

 of Pansy in each Shamrock, with a single plant of early Chrysan-i 

 themum, Japanese Anemone, Lilium candidum (Madonna Lily), 

 Nicotiana, or Fuchsia at the spot marked A. The line at A indicates 

 how the different varieties, or different flowers, can be joined. 

 Fuchsias and Pansies would be a suitable filling for a shady position ; 

 Violas might be used, with Chrysanthemums or Liliums in a hot 

 sunny place. This is a good shape, too, as also is Fig. 2, for an 

 annual border, if only the lesser annuals are sown in the Shamrocks, 

 and some tall kind, Zea japonica, for example, be represented by 

 single specimens at A. 



A Border of Friendship in a garden I know consists of a long 

 line of the design Fig. 2, the hearts being edged by whitened pointed 

 stones, stood upright and placed so closely and symmetrically as to 

 make a clear outline. The plants in the hearts are of mingled 

 colours, but each contains varieties of only one plant ; thus one i^ 

 of white, rose, and carmine Dianthuses, another of blue, white, and 

 pink Forget-me-nots, and a third of yellow, mauve, white, and 

 purple Pansies. 



Quite narrow borders look very well edging a lawn, and the 

 design Fig. 3 shows one of simplest form. Fig. 4 is adapted for any 

 position where the border must follow a round or curve, the slanting 

 of the oval portions being easily arranged, whereas to cut Fig. 3 on a 

 round is exceedingly difficult and results in an intricate clashing of 

 points. Fig. 5 is suited to straight lines only, and is a design that 

 looks well even when exceedingly narrow. I have seen it used for a 

 display of mixed Polyanthuses with a tiny edging of Aubrietia. 



