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the plan is arranged the gardener will find it profitable 

 to make out a calendar of the appearance of blossoms; 

 that is, the earliest to appear, and in their turn the others 

 as they are due, so that there may be no period when the 

 beds are without color, from the peeping of the first snow- 

 drops to the appearance of the latest hardy asters or 

 Japanese anemones. 



As soil, moisture, sunshine, and exposure influence 

 plants, forcing or retarding them, every garden must be 

 planted to meet its own conditions, or the perfect garden 

 of one location may be a failure at another. Borders and 

 beds should also admit the weeder and flower gatherer. 

 It is not well to have too wide a bed, as that necessitates 

 stepping in among the plants. 



In the accompanying charts the intention has been to 

 guide the inexperienced gardener. There are many more 

 valuable perennials than those named, but those chosen 

 have been taken because of their reliability, color, and 

 their ability to grow in proximity to other plants. Hap- 

 hazard planting is as disastrous as inviting a mixed com- 

 pany of guests; the ambitions of one plant may put 

 another in the background, and the greediness of one 

 crowd another out. Certain plants grow amiably side 

 by side, and these should be placed in companionship. 



As a rule all the plants named will thrive in the 

 northern middle latitudes. An effort has been made to 

 omit the delicate and the unusual, The magnolia and 



