farften's Storj. 



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 ^ith the same subjects often 

 repeated ; variety is the spice of the garden. 

 Though the taller-growing subjects, 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 medium-sized subjects ; 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 clown 

 in summer; or light-rooting subjects, like the 

 lovely Iceland poppy and some of the finer small 

 annuals, may be employed to take their place. 



The great secret of successful floriculture 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 some- 

 thing else to continue the blossoming period with- 



