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ing along the uneven boundary of our celery marsh, 

 they make a sheet of blue in May. They are also 

 ideal plants for bordering shady beds, but they 

 thrive best in moist locations and scatter their seed 

 to the four winds. 



Creeping Phlox 



For early spring glory in the covering of bank 

 sides or bordering of beds, there is nothing better 

 than the creeping phlox subulata, or moss pink. It is 

 necessary to purchase a few clumps of the pink and 

 white, then by root division you may in two years 

 repeat them throughout the garden. 



Perennial Alyssum . 



The perennial alyssum, saxatUe compactum, is 

 also a very obliging flower for bank covering. It is 

 hardy and its small yeUow flowers often bloom the 

 first season after seed planting. 



Gaillardia 



The gaillardia is so weU known and so uni- 

 versaUy planted, it would probably resent any addi- 

 tional praise from me, especially as I, not particu- 

 larly admiring its peculiar tone of red, could only 

 give moderate praise. 



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