54 MANUAL OF GARDENING 
is abundant opportunity along the borders for dropping in 
cannas, dahlias, hollyhocks, asters, geraniums, coleuses, and 
other brilliant plants. The bushes will soon begin to crowd, 
to be sure, but a mass is wanted, and the narrowness of the 
46. Said to have been planted. 
plantations will allow each bush to develop itself laterally to 
perfection. If the borders become too thick, however, it is an 
easy matter to remove some of the bushes; but they probably will 
not. Picture the color and variety and life in that little yard. 
And if a pigweed now and then gets a start in the border, 
it would do no harm to let it alone: it belongs there! Then 
picture the same area filled with disconnected, spotty, dyspeptic, 
and unspirited flower-beds and rose bushes! 
Various examples. 
Strong and bare foundations should be relieved by heavy 
planting. Fill the corners with snow-drifts of foliage. Plant 
with a free hand, as if you meant it (compare Figs. 46 and 47). 
