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Eeveral hardy herbaceons plants, and even slirabs and some trees are brought 
Into the service. 
THE "WILD GARDEN 
js Etui another modem stjle, in -which a place is set apart for such hardy 
plants as will take care of thetaselves. This is a kind of gardening which, 
those who have abundant room and a real love for plants can follow with 
mnch pleasure, as by setting apart a noak, they can bring into it all the 
attractive native wild plants they meet with, as well as such hardy perennials 
from other countries, as are likely to make themselves at home. 
THE MIXED BORDER. 
This is the oldest style of flower-gardening. In this, each plant stands oa 
its own merits, and is not planted for its effect in a mass. It is what is 
icnown as the ''old-fashioned " style of |;ardening, in which plants are set 
and cared for for the love of them. In this all classes of plants find a place, 
including perennials of all kinds, biennials, annuals, tender plants from the 
greenhouse and window, and even low shrubs. Because the contents of sucU 
a bed arc varied, it need not be without order; if it is surrounded by a path 
then the taller-growing plants arc placed in the center, with the lowest at the 
edges, and those of intermediate hight between ; if the path is on one side 
only tlien the tallest plants should be at the rear. Each of these different 
styles of gardening has ib place, and it is not necessary in advocatuig one to 
decry another, as each is best suited to particular localities and circumstances 
Id advocating the mixed border, we merely claim that it will meet the wants 
of more people in moderate circumstances, than any other kind of flower- 
gardening. And those who ready love flowers, as individuals, can take more 
pleasure in cultivating them where they can reach their full development 
than when they arc crowded into a mass, to produce a particular effect of 
color. 
WHY HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS [SHOULD BE CULTTYATED. 
The first reason is, for their beauty. They afford notonly a great variety 
in habit of tlic plant, but much diversity and beauty of foliage, while the 
flowers present an interminable variety in form and color. In time of 
blooming they range from the earliest spnng to latest autumn, and hva 
proper selection a continuous bloom can be kept up during the entire season 
Another reason is their permanence. When the foliage fades, or the frost 
ends their career, that is not the Inst of them, but wo know that they wfll 
appear the following spring in new strength and beauty. 
Another reason is, they pay good dividends. One can give away the 
Increase, and still bo as rich as ho was before ; at the same time ho can do 
good to his neighbors and friends by adding to their enjoyments. They are 
but little trouble, is a reason that will commend itself to many. When once 
planted, thoy may usually bo left for three or four years, and in some cases 
much longer. They arc generally abundant bloomers, and many are excel- 
lent for cut flowers. 
WHY THEY ARE NOT GENERALLY CULTIVATED. 
Tlte chief reason has been the dIfHculty in procurijg them. Dealers havG 
not kcptanytliing like a general stock, and most cultivators are too Impa- 
llcnt to start with the seeds. This Is especially the case with novices, who 
have hardly Iho patience to wait for annuals to bloom, but to sow seeds and 
