14 THE GAKDENEE'S COMPANION 



which you wish to fill, you should consider first 

 what would be likely to thrive in that particular 

 position, and to have a good effect there ; likewise 

 when you become possessed of a new plant, your 

 first thought should be to place it where it will have 

 what is most beneficial to it, in the way of soil, 

 shade or sun. You may not always be able to find 

 out the requirements of each plant at first, but if 

 you study the subject you will soon learn. 



Do not make a garden of herbaceous flowers in 

 a stiff pattern, by planting rows of one sort of 

 plant ; though of course it is allowable, and often 

 pretty, to put some one sort of plant as an edg- 

 ing, such as Pinks, Iceland Poppies, Thrift or 

 Nasturtiums, but avoid putting several rows, one 

 behind another, as is done with bedded-out plants. 



Arrange your flowers in groups for the main part, 

 but not in large groups, for this makes such large 

 bare patches when that particular flower is over ; 

 but small groups of Oriental Poppies, Delphiniums, 

 and Lupins at intervals along a straight border, look 

 very well, and can be replaced in effect by succeed- 

 ing groups of Campanula grandis, and C. persifolia, 

 Foxgloves, Scarlet Lychnis, and Phlox, planted 

 alternately with them, to be followed later by Heli- 



