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Cicely. This handsome plant [Myrrhis odorata) is of 

 great use in many ways. It will grow anywhere, 

 and has the unusual merit of making a good show of 

 foliage quite early in the year. It takes two years 

 to get to a good size, sending its large, fleshy, aromatic 

 roots deep down into the soil. By the end of May, 

 when the bloom is over and the leaves are full grown, 

 they can be cut right down, when the plant will at 

 once form a new set of leaves that remain fresh for the 

 rest of the siunmer. Its chief use is as a good fohage 

 accompaniment or background to flowers, and no plant 

 is better for filHng up at the bases of shrubs that look 

 a little leggy near the ground, or for any furnishing 

 of waste or empty spaces, especially in shade. From 

 among the Ferns and Myrrhis at the back of this bit 

 of eastern border rise white Foxgloves, the great white 

 Columbine, and the tall st ems of white Peach-leaved 

 Campanula. Nearer to the front are clumps of 

 Peonies. But, as one of the most frequented paths 

 passes along this eastern border, it was thought best 

 not to confine it to June flowers only, but to have 

 something also for the later months. All vacant 

 places are therefore filled with Pentstemons and Snap- 

 dragons, which make a show throughout the summer ; 

 while for the early days of July there are clmnps of the 

 old garden Roses — Damask and Provence. The whole 

 south-western angle is occupied by a well-grown 

 Garland Rose that every summer is loaded with its 

 graceful wreaths of bloom. It has never been trained 

 or staked, but grows as a natural fountain ; the 

 branches are neither pruned nor' shortened. The only 



