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time as one from which only a short season of 

 beauty is demanded. Where, as is often the case, 

 the owners only enjoy their garden for a few 

 months in the year, it is by no means difficult to 

 have it gay for the required period by congregating 

 in it such plants as flower naturally at that season 

 of the year, whether it be spring, summer, or 

 autumn. Where, however, the border is open to 

 daily inspection through practically the whole 

 growing period of plants, subjects flowering at 

 different seasons must be included, so that at no 

 time wUl the border lack something which may 

 charm the eye. Spring bulbs must be used, the 

 fading foliage of which may be hidden by later- 

 growing plants. Among a large group of herb- 

 aceous paBonies golden trumpet daffodils may be 

 planted, these creating a delightful colour effect 

 when their rich yellow blossoms contrast with the 

 young carmine leaf-shoots of the paeonies ; while, 

 later on, the spreading foliage of the latter will 

 completely hide the withering leaves of the narcissi. 

 Here and there should be colonies of Michaelmas 

 daisies for the autumn, and it is well to plant 

 these late-growing things in front of such examples 

 as become unsightly after their blooming season 



is past, such as the lyre flower, Dicentra 



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