THE GARDEN AT HOME 



clothed with most attractive leafage, and from which 

 the quaint white flowers depend ? To our delight it 

 loves best of all a border in the shade. The Plantain 

 Lily (Funkia), with broad, handsome leaves, and in 

 summer spikes of drooping lavender or white flowers ; 

 the Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger), and hardy Ferns, 

 are all perfectly at home in the shade, and many 

 gardeners would be the happier for their possession. 

 These, together with London Pride (Saxifraga umbrosa) 

 and Musk, both perfect little edging plants, Periwinkle, 

 and St. John's Wort, are plants that really love the shade. 

 Prominent among those that will grow quite well on 

 the shady border are Lupins in pink and purple, white 

 and blue. In fact, I think the shady border is the best 

 place for them, for there the flowers last longer than in 

 the sunshine, and the leaves retain their green. The 

 Flag Irises, especially the purple sort and the lovely white 

 Florentine Iris, thrive excellently in company with the 

 Lupins. Oriental Poppies are quite the feature of my 

 shady border in May and early June, but their flower 

 stems have an awkward habit of growing towards the 

 light, and, unless carefully staked, become misshapen 

 and unsightly. This characteristic is common to all 

 plants in the shady border, though more pronounced 

 in some than in others, and especially so, it seems, in 

 the gorgeous Oriental Poppies. One would, of course, 

 never hesitate to plant such vigorous growing things as 

 Michaelmas Daisy, Moon Daisy (Pyrethrum uliginosum), 



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