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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



It is a border, — a strip of land two or three feet wide along 

 a fence. This is the place where pigweeds usually grow. Here 



he has planted marigolds, gladiolus, golden rod, wild asters, 

 China asters, and — best of all — hollyhocks. Any one would 



23. A sowing of flowers along a marginal planting. 



like that flower-garden. It has some of that local and indefin- 

 able charm that al^Vays attaches to an old-fashioned garden" 



