beauties that we should realize are hardy, are per- 

 manent, you will agree that they should be more 

 widely planted. 



It has been a matter of considerable com- 

 ment that the newest and rarest novelties are 

 nearly all hardy. The ethereal border should 

 have as a background a hedge, a balustrade or a 

 low wall which may be of brick, cement or stone. 

 I will describe this particular ethereal border in 

 detail exactly as it is. The extreme background 

 has a double row of the infinitely lovely white 

 Delphinium Moorheimi. As it blooms continu- 

 ously there are always flowers in this background. 

 Roots of Eremuri Bungei golden yellow and 

 Eremurus albus white with Cimicufuga Simplex, 

 are planted irregularly a foot in advance of 

 Campanula Pyramidalis with small groups (four 

 or five in a group) of the Japanese Iris, "Gold 

 Bound." This is a remarkable Iris of purest 

 white with golden center. Groups of Madonna 



