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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
April, 1915 
Elevation on section line AB, shown on preceding page. The complete succession for the year is shown here 
The border in spring, showing the flowers of April and May. The dark stipple indicates foliage 
The border in June and July. Lilies indicated by light hatch 
Showing the succession of bloom for the first half of the year. The dark stipple indicates the pres- 
ence of green foliage. Use colored chalks to tint over the lighter portions, as indicated for flower colors 
succession of herbaceous plants, giving 
bloom throughout the season; with very 
little ingenuity this section can be multi- 
plied indefinitely to fill a border of any 
length. 
Section 2 can be adapted as a border at 
the base of a wall, or tall shrubbery. Shrub- 
bery, by the by, as may be here noted, is an 
ideal background for the herbaceous border, 
especially if the shrubbery is so placed as to 
screen the border from trying winds. Sec- 
tion 3 provides for a similar succession of 
bloom as the preceding sections, with pro- 
vision also made for bloom in late summer, 
a very desirable feature. 
Section 4 features tree peonies and the so- 
called blue spirea, while at the same time it 
provides for a moderate amount of bloom 
at the other periods of the year. This sec- 
tion also provides for a bed to be planted in 
a place where it is to be viewed from all 
sides. 
In Section 5 the main feature is poppy, fox- 
glove and torch lily, together with miscel- 
laneous herbaceous plants which are suit- 
able for use together in almost any open 
place, and especially where the herbaceous 
bed or border is designed not only for gar- 
den decoration but also to supply flowers 
for cutting. 
In Section 6 somewhat parallels the pre- 
ceding and at the same time includes a 
number of plants of particular individual 
merit. 
Section 7 is planted between the walk 
and the pool and in the foreground of the 
latter; consequently, in order to harmonize 
with that and lend the proper character to 
the distance, the main features here are 
grasses and iris. 
Section 8 is a water lily feature, a small ir- 
regular pool of water in which only the 
hardy water lilies are used. It also con- 
tains the lotus, acorus and arrow head. 
The water lilies are easy to establish, and 
will give bloom in variety from June until 
October. 
Section 9 illustrates a method of using 
creepers and rambling plants for bold, 
draping effect over large masses of rock, 
which, of course, is something quite apart 
from a rockery. 
Section 10 contains shrubs that furnish 
attractive flowers or fruit together with tall 
growing herbaceous plants that fit in ap- 
propriately to fringe the woodland beyond. 
The use to the reader of this series of 
planting charts will be best determined if he 
employs them not merely as plans to be trans- 
ferred to the garden in their present forms 
but rather as suggestions upon which to 
build, for they may be modified to suit 
particular ideas or situations. By a refer- 
