! UCH thought should be given to the 

 garden's arrangement with regard to 

 economy of room, where one has but a 

 small space to devote to it. And where 

 one is unfamiliar with the habits of 

 growth of the various plants that are to people it, 

 a difficulty arises in making them effective and so 

 disposing them that they shall not interfere with 

 each other. For instance, in most cases tall plants 

 should be put back against walls and fences and 

 so forth, with the lower-growing varieties in the 

 foreground. If one were to plant Verbenas and 

 Venidium among Sunflowers and Hollyhocks, or 

 even among Carnation Poppies and Cornflowers, 

 Verbenas and Venidium would not be visible, for 

 their habit is to creep close to the ground, and 

 the tall growths would completely hide and most 

 likely exterminate them, by shutting from them 

 the sun and air without which they cannot live. 

 These low, creeping plants are, however, very 

 useful when one is planning for a succession of 

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