CHAPTER XVI 



THE FLOWEE-BORDEE AND PERGOLA 



The flower-border — The wall and its occupants — Ghoisya ternata— 

 Nandina — Canon EUaconibe's garden — Treatment of colour- 

 masses — Awangement of plants in the border — ^Dahlias and 

 Oannas — Covering bare places — The pergola — How made — 

 Suitable climbers — Arbours of trained Planes — Garden houses. 



I HAVE a rather large " mixed border of hardy flowers." 

 It is not quite so hopelessly mixed as one generally 

 sees, and the flowers are not all hardy ; but as it is a 

 thing everybody rightly expects, and as I have been 

 for a good many years trying to puzzle out its wants 

 and ways, I will try and describe my own and its sur- 

 roundings. 



There is a sandstone wall of pleasant colour at the 

 back, nearly eleven feet high. This wall is an impor- 

 tant feature in the garden, as it is the dividing line 

 between the pleasure garden and the working garden ; 

 also, it shelters the pleasure garden from the sweeping 

 blasts of wind from the north-west, to which my ground 

 is much exposed, as it is all on a gentle slope, going 

 downward towards the north. At the foot of the wall 

 is a narrow border three feet six inches wide, and then 

 a narrow alley ; not a made path, but just a way to go 



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