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  them. 
  They 
  are, 
  however, 
  typical 
  of 
  the 
  old- 
  

   fashioned 
  garden 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  easiest 
  culture. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  arbitrary 
  in 
  the 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  hardy 
  garden. 
  The 
  paths 
  may 
  

   radiate 
  from 
  the 
  central 
  plat 
  to 
  the 
  confines 
  

   of 
  the 
  garden, 
  the 
  enclosing 
  beds 
  being 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  at 
  the 
  center 
  and 
  widening 
  as 
  they 
  recede, 
  

   or 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  circular 
  paths 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  path 
  or 
  each 
  other 
  

   by 
  short 
  cross 
  paths 
  and 
  the 
  beds 
  lying 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  these 
  beds 
  will 
  be 
  narrow 
  and 
  curved 
  

   and 
  lie 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  circling 
  paths. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  good 
  arrangement 
  if 
  care 
  is 
  taken 
  in 
  

   planting 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  beds 
  

   of 
  such 
  low 
  growth 
  as 
  will 
  not 
  shut 
  off 
  the 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  farther 
  beds. 
  If 
  only 
  two 
  cir- 
  

   cling 
  paths 
  are 
  marked 
  out, 
  with 
  connecting 
  

   paths, 
  this 
  will 
  give 
  four 
  long 
  curved 
  beds 
  in 
  

   the 
  first 
  row 
  and 
  eight 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  row, 
  

   with, 
  if 
  the 
  plat 
  be 
  square, 
  four 
  corner 
  beds, 
  

   — 
  ample 
  space 
  for 
  a 
  goodly 
  assortment 
  of 
  old- 
  

   fashioned 
  treasures. 
  

  

  The 
  straight 
  paths, 
  radiating 
  from 
  a 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  center, 
  should 
  be 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  in 
  number 
  

   and 
  will 
  allow 
  of 
  as 
  many 
  beds 
  within 
  their 
  

   boundaries. 
  These 
  will 
  be 
  narrow 
  and 
  pointed 
  

   at 
  the 
  start, 
  widening 
  into 
  wide 
  plateaus 
  at 
  

   their 
  base, 
  and 
  will 
  afford 
  excellent 
  facilities 
  

   for 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  flowering 
  shrubs 
  in 
  the 
  

   rear, 
  and 
  will, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  found 
  more 
  de- 
  

   sirable 
  than 
  the 
  circling 
  paths. 
  

  

  The 
  hardy 
  garden 
  should 
  enjoy 
  a 
  goodly 
  

   amount 
  of 
  sunshine 
  and 
  be 
  protected 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  and 
  west 
  from 
  rough 
  winds, 
  as 
  the 
  

   plants 
  must 
  stand 
  many 
  and 
  long, 
  hard 
  

   winters 
  of 
  driving 
  sleet 
  and 
  snow. 
  

  

  Having 
  planned 
  and 
  laid 
  out 
  the 
  garden 
  

   the 
  question 
  that 
  naturally 
  arises 
  is 
  — 
  what 
  to 
  

   plant. 
  With 
  such 
  an 
  embarrassment 
  of 
  riches 
  

   as 
  the 
  old-fashioned 
  garden 
  affords, 
  there 
  is 
  

   no 
  lack 
  of 
  material 
  to 
  choose 
  from 
  and 
  much 
  

   individual 
  taste 
  may 
  be 
  indulged 
  in. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  cited 
  the 
  low-growing, 
  hardy 
  

   pinks 
  — 
  the 
  cinnamon 
  and 
  Her 
  Majesty; 
  these 
  

   are 
  especially 
  desirable 
  for 
  edging 
  the 
  beds 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  desired 
  to 
  obstruct 
  the 
  view 
  

   of 
  taller 
  plants 
  beyond. 
  The 
  effect 
  of 
  all 
  

   borders 
  is 
  heightened 
  if 
  the 
  same 
  plant 
  is 
  used 
  

   for 
  all 
  the 
  beds, 
  or 
  if 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  

   kinds, 
  that 
  will 
  harmonize 
  or 
  contrast 
  ef- 
  

   fectively, 
  are 
  alternated 
  in 
  adjoining 
  beds. 
  

   The 
  Sweet 
  William 
  may 
  be 
  massed 
  back 
  of 
  

   borders 
  of 
  pinks 
  with 
  good 
  effect, 
  and 
  the 
  

   garden 
  heliotrope 
  or 
  valerian 
  is 
  another 
  low- 
  

   growing 
  perennial 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  a 
  place 
  

   near 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  a 
  bed 
  with 
  good 
  results. 
  

   Then 
  — 
  taking 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  their 
  

   height, 
  there 
  are 
  the 
  dielytras, 
  lemon 
  lilies, 
  

   the 
  stokesias 
  — 
  than 
  which 
  no 
  better 
  perennial 
  

   is 
  grown, 
  the 
  platycodons, 
  heucheras, 
  ver- 
  

   onicas 
  and 
  the 
  sweet 
  rocket 
  and 
  the 
  peren- 
  

   nial 
  poppies. 
  

  

  Larkspurs 
  and 
  foxgloves 
  should 
  form 
  a 
  

   colony 
  by 
  themselves 
  and 
  the 
  peony 
  be 
  grown 
  

   in 
  generous 
  quantities. 
  Perennial 
  phlox 
  and 
  

   lychnis, 
  white 
  lilies 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  wonderful 
  

   sisterhood, 
  with 
  their 
  scented 
  chalices 
  of 
  coral 
  

   and 
  snow 
  should 
  stand 
  in 
  stately 
  rows 
  a-down 
  

   the 
  garden's 
  path. 
  Growing 
  low 
  along 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  should 
  be 
  found 
  the 
  

   old 
  favorite 
  — 
  the 
  polyanthus 
  and 
  the 
  cow- 
  

   slips. 
  

  

  The 
  liatris 
  and 
  asphodel, 
  with 
  its 
  tall 
  

   spikes 
  of 
  yellow, 
  lily-like 
  flowers 
  and 
  the 
  

   snowy 
  blossoms 
  of 
  the 
  Anemone 
  Japonica, 
  that 
  

   bloom 
  when 
  frost 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  air, 
  and 
  the 
  

   spurred 
  aquilegia 
  that 
  blooms 
  in 
  June 
  must 
  

   all 
  be 
  numbered 
  among 
  the 
  garden's 
  treasures, 
  

   while 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  the 
  tall 
  spikes 
  of 
  the 
  monks- 
  

   hood 
  and 
  Campanula 
  pyramidatis 
  hold 
  aloft 
  

   their 
  white 
  and 
  blue 
  to 
  the 
  sky. 
  Farther 
  back 
  

   the 
  hollyhocks 
  may 
  stand 
  sentinel 
  over 
  the 
  

   garden's 
  treasures 
  and 
  the 
  tall 
  bocconias 
  and 
  

   flowering 
  shrubs 
  complete 
  the 
  garden's 
  roster. 
  

  

  Nor 
  must 
  the 
  hardy 
  chrysanthemums 
  be 
  

   forgotten, 
  for 
  these, 
  more 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  plant, 
  

  

  