alyssum, white Arabis alpina, etc. The daffodils 

 and narcissi are extremely lovely, they take 

 up but little space, leaving enough room for 

 the small shallow roots of the annual border which 

 follows the dwarf, hardy Spring border. Since the 

 twenty-four harmonious dwarf annual border 

 groups which I gave in the March number of the 

 fir^ series of OUR GARDEN JOURNAL receiv- 

 ed so great a welcome, I am going to suggest a 

 number of dwarf hardy borders to be planned this 

 Autumn, borders which, once they are planted, 

 will be permanent, creating permanent Spring- 

 time beauty which will in no way interfere with 

 your borders of low-growing annuals. 

 ^ The dwarf white hesperis, golden Adonis, and 

 golden flax are fluffy background plants which will 

 be in charming contra^ against the " ^tiff ^em " 

 flowers. 



^ The dwarf white hesperis is so seldom seen, and 

 I can't imagine why, for it is ju^t as desirable as the 

 dwarf white phlox, MontBlanc, excepting that its 

 flowers are smaller. But hesperis is far more 

 graceful than Mont Blanc. The fir^ plant on each 

 li^ of these dwarf perennials, and low-growing 

 hardy bulbs forms the one for the edge of each 



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