110 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS 
not only is there a difference in quantity but in quality. Add to all 
these factors the usual considerations of foliage harmony, season’s bloom, 
height of plant and season of growth, and we discover that a fragrance 
border is not so easy to plan as an ordinary border. 
The accompanying plan is suggestive of what might be done to carry 
out the idea of a garden of sweet odors. I know that I have too many 
odors there, but what am I todo? I want Hyacinth, Violet, Peony, Pink, 
Mock Orange, Strawberry Shrub, and many more, and my walk is but 
a hundred feet long. Fortunately the time of bloom varies, and some of 
my favorites are censers by night only. The great rush of odor comes 
in June and July, though each month and each part of the day has its 
particular fragrance as we sit and muse on the garden seat at the end of 
the walk under the tall White Lilacs. 
The straight walk to the east piazza is bordered with herbs and 
backed by shrubs, the two sides somewhat alike, yet not the same. Open 
lawn stretches to the south and a heavy belt of evergreen trees and flow- 
ering shrubs give shelter on the north. If the little garden be in a slight 
hollow then the winds will not so easily blow away the odors, but they 
may lie like light vapors over the walk and seat, especially at evening. 
The planting list explains the arrangement, and a study of it in its 
relation to the plan will reveal many of the details of the composition. 
Night odors gather around the seat, foliage effects are more studied near 
the house, etc. Rue, Rosemary, Thyme, etc., being evergreen, or 
nearly so, are particularly adapted for edging. To give relief and back- 
ground to the whole, generous masses of herbs but slightly fragrant, but 
of excellent habit of growth and long period of bloom, are added to the 
central part of the border. Many more plants could be included, but 
I am sure that we have already too many strong odors. 
I might have Four-o’clocks among the Peonies, but I cannot approve 
of a mixture of annuals and perennials, for the requirements of culture 
are too different for the good of either when together. If you prefer 
Alyssum, Stocks, Sweet Sultans, etc., try the alternative list, which re- 
fers to the same key numbers on the plan, annuals superseding the peren- 
nials of the first list. Results will be different, but equally pleasing. 
Though the store of fragrant plants of easy culture is but partially 
drawn upon in making these lists, if we wish for any reason to add other 
herbs to this scheme it will be well to choose those that are practically 
lacking in fragrance. 
