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remain for years with the peonies, as a great deal 
of ground is required for the spread of the latter’s 
foliage. 
In regard to other perennials, fill at first only 
one-third or one-half of the space laid out for a 
colony, setting the plants thickly enough together 
to cause one summer’s estimated growth to seem 
at a little distance nearly to conceal the ground. 
Fill the remainder of the space with a good and 
appropriate annual, massed; let one or two of 
the plants wander over into the perennial colony, 
that the effect may appear less studied. As the 
perennial colony becomes crowded remove some 
of the plants and with them continue the filling of 
the space. Another way, but not quite so good, 
is to plant the perennials wide enough apart to al- 
low for a few years’ expansion and then fill in 
the spaces with annuals. 
