TERRACES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



great quantities, both white and pale blue, as 

 a decoration for the altar and chancel, and 

 surpasses any perennial plant I have ever 

 seen. These plants should be grown in partial 

 shade, to secure the best success. They do not 

 bloom until from fifteen to seventeen months 

 after the seed has been sown in the open 

 ground, and sometimes go over until the 

 third summer before blooming; but no trouble 

 is too great to grow this grand campanula 

 successfully. 



Pink and white Canterbury Bells {Cam- 

 panula medium) which remain for several 

 weeks in bloom, and great plants of cosmos, 

 lifted from the garden and set in tubs, make 

 beautiful decorations. 



Where people are disinclined to raise flow- 

 ering plants for the terrace, small retinis- 

 poras, in the different colorings, will be quite 

 satisfactory when used with bay or box trees, 

 to give height. 



Bay and box trees are expensive, but long- 

 lived if given moderate care, and the white 



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