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grown practically as a bedding plant, and what a fine 

 bit of colour it gives, flowering abundantly and with- 

 out a break from July until October, and mcreasing 

 in strength year by year. In Perthshire years 

 ago the flame nasturtium {TropoBolum speciosum) 

 might sometimes be seen used in somewhat similar 

 fashion. Planted amongst dwarf yew bushes, over 

 which the slender branches clambered and trailed 

 their wreaths of vivid carmine, the effect was 

 remarkable. All that they needed was to be left 

 alone, except for an occasional mulching. With 

 a weU-prepared root-rim this fine plant would 

 succeed in a damp, cool aspect, where other things 

 might refuse to grow, and once thoroughly at 

 home would give little trouble though it might 

 ask for time. To have a few beds of unusual 

 character such as this well established would make 

 any garden famous. 



" Probably we attempt too much. Let us take 

 simplicity as the keynote of our garden arrange- 

 ments and we may succeed where now, too often, 

 we fail. Nothing can be more charming, yet more 

 simple, than beds of the common monthly rose 

 pegged down and flowering profusely at a height 

 of about two feet from the ground level. What 

 is there to prevent such delightful everyday things 



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