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little or no smel at all : for oftentimes it hapneth that 

 the uppermost floures are differing from those that 

 grow upon the middle of the plant, and those vary 

 from the lowermost, as Nature list to dally with things 

 of such beauty." 



Candytuft there was, used then, as now, for edging 

 — Candia tufts, it is really. It came first with pur- 

 plish flowers, from Candia; this — Iberis umbellata — 

 and the pure white — Iberis amara — were the only ones 

 in the old gardens. All th^ variations fropi lavender 

 to crimson have been developed later, and should not 

 be used in old-fashioned planting. 



"Shrubby aromatics" were used too for edgings, and 

 trimmed into tiny hedges. These were the most in- 

 teresting of all. Thyme, savory, hyssop, sage, lav- 

 ender, germander, lavender cotton and rue all found 

 this use, though gardeners are warned that they may 

 become "woody, stubby and naked." This might de- 

 pend somewhat on the manner in which they were 

 treated, I should say, and when and how they were 

 cut back. Parsley was used for edging in the kitchen 

 garden, likewise strawberries, which "have an agreeable 

 appearance in blossom and fruit" if the runners are kept 

 close trimmed. This was in the days when strawber- 

 ries were so common wild that few would have 

 dreamed of giving any space to them in th6 garden. 

 But they would do for an ornament ! And Parkinson 



