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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. 



