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ter than volumes of instruction. Usually, sub- 

 jects that sucker and throw out strong, creeping 

 root-stalks are objectionable. Do not introduce 

 rows in the borders ; plants are not supposed to 

 be on military review. Neither dot the ground 

 at equal distances with the same plants often 

 repeated ; variety is the spice of the garden. 

 Though the taller-growing species, as a rule, 

 are best placed in the background, an occasional 

 colony of large plants should be placed in the 

 center, and some large individual specimens re- 

 lieve the foreground. Massing, where too much 

 space is not called for, is desirable, especially 

 with plants of medium size ; though attention 

 must be paid to selection, or large bare spaces 

 after blooming will obtrude. Where daffodils 

 are largely grown, summer and autumn flower- 

 ing subjects, like the columbines and Japanese 

 anemones, should be placed in close proximity, 

 to fill the void left when the bulbs die down in 

 summer ; or light-rooting flowers, like the lovely 

 Iceland poppy and some of the finer small an- 

 nuals, may be employed to take their place. 



The great secret of successful gardening is 

 continuity of bloom a luxuriance of blossom 

 from early spring to late autumn ; so that, when 

 one species has flowered, there will at once be 

 something else to continue the blosssoming 



