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mistake ; the effect is seen all at once, and is very 

 monotonous ; whereas, if you have the long broad 

 border divided, as it were, into bays, there is con- 

 stant fresh interest at every step. 



If your straight border be cut off the edge of 

 your vegetable garden, it must be treated differ- 

 ently, for it is not desirable to have any but decidu- 

 ous plants in such a case, it would be robbing the 

 vegetables of their full measure of sun. For such 

 a border as this the back row of plants may con- 

 sist of the taller growing Michaelmas Daisies, 

 Helianthus, Delphiniums, Oriental Poppies, etc., 

 or it may be made lovely by Clematis, Honeysuckle, 

 Everlasting Peas, etc., growing over a rough made 

 " post and rail " sort of fence ; the front rows being 

 mixed kinds of perennials, or large groups of spring, 

 summer, and autumn flowering plants. 



If it is a terrace border you have to deal with, 

 which is seen from a distance and from which 

 the distance is seen, there should be some sort of 

 stiffness and formality in the arrangement ; it need 

 not be entirely stiff in design, but certain plants, or 

 groups of plants at stated intervals, will give a 

 stately effect, which is often desirable in such a 

 case. For this purpose some of the evergreens 



