I might say that when the faded blooms were 

 pruned away, one-half of the laterals were also re- 

 moved. 



As it was essential that this terrace be always 

 abloom, when the faded flowers were removed, 

 pots filled with the mauve pink hybrid Hydran- 

 geas Mousseline were sunk ("plunged") about 

 one inch below the surface into the soil, and 

 spaced formally, three feet apart. Naturally the 

 cultivating screened all evidence of the sunken 

 pots. 



I saw a great bed of hardy phlox — all the 

 colors massed together with a border of the Prin- 

 cess Pauline, Ageratum. Just a single row of 

 plants had spread in width and depth at least fif- 

 teen inches. All around the outer edge, of this 

 frame of Ageratum, were lacey graceful plants of 

 Alyssum Bethami. Only one seed planted to 

 every twenty inches will produce this effect. It 

 is such a waste of Alyssum seed to sow it, except 



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