THE HARDY BORDER 



but it can be scattered about the border in such 

 a way as to produce charming results if one is 

 careful to plant it among plants whose flowers 

 harmonize with the different varieties in color. 

 Color-harmony is as important in the hardy bor- 

 der as in any other part of the garden, and no 

 plant should be put out until you are sure of the 

 effect it will produce upon other plants in its 

 immediate neighborhood. Find the proper place 

 for it before you give it a permanent location. 

 The term, " proper place," has as much refer- 

 ence to color as to size. A plant that introduces 

 color-discord is as much out of place as is the 

 plant whose size makes it a candidate for a posi- 

 tion in the rear when it is given a place in the 

 immediate foreground. 



Pyrethrum uliginosum is a wonderfully free 

 bloomer, growing to a height of three or four 

 feet, therefore well adapted to the middle rows 

 of the border. It blooms during the latter part 

 of summer. It is often called the " Giant Daisy," 

 and the name is very appropriate, as it is the 

 common Daisy, to all intents and purposes, on a 

 large scale. 



The small white Daisy, of lower growth, is 

 equally desirable for front-row locations. It is 

 a most excellent plant, blooming early in the 



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