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during the whole of the year, and gives exceedingly little trouble 

 when the plants are once established. You could, of course, use Ice 

 Plants (Mesembryanthemums), but the other things would have the 

 best appearance . 

 If you desired it, 

 a few flowering 

 trees could be in- 

 troduced if the 

 position is not too 

 wind swept. 



Hardy Flowers 

 for Sunny Bor- 

 der 



Q. Can you sug- 

 gest hardy peren- 

 nials for a sunny 

 dry border backed 

 with a 3 feet wall ? 

 Border faces south, 

 but gets some 

 shade from a large 

 Pear tree. From 

 the rough plan I 

 enclose, you will 

 see I have Holly- 

 hocks next the 

 wall, then a gap 

 of 2 feet at present 

 planted with Can- 

 terbury Bells, and 

 some bedd ing 

 plants in front. I 

 propose putting 

 Brompton Stocks 

 in the gap this 

 autumn, but want 

 to put other plants as well in between to flower later. I want them 

 to be about 3 feet high to hide unsightly stalks of Hollyhocks. 

 White Phlox would look well, but in such a hot position would not 

 last any time. I do not care for yellow as it clashes so with bed- 

 ding plants. I thought of Gypsophila, which does well here, witli 



HARDY PRIMULAS IN A GARDEN IN THE 

 NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



