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large extent the seasonal border scheme is highly 
to be commended. 
Then, of course, there are subjects that may 
be quite well used after the fashion of isolated 
specimens standing conspicuously in the foreground 
with an appropriate backing of shrubs, trees or 
creeper-clothed walls. 
The noble grandeur of a strong, well-established 
clump of Pampas Grass, with its waving silvery 
plumes swaying in the Autumn sunshine against 
a background of Cedar of Lebanon, is a fine sight. 
The taller and larger of the Tritomas may also be 
used to fine effect as isolated clumps. The giants 
among the Verbascums with their huge woolly 
leaves and Candelabra-like inflorescences make 
capital upstanding objects which by attracting 
attention from a distance seem to convey an impres- 
sion that the garden is large. The Yuccas with 
their tropical appearance, and the finest of the 
rapid-growing Polygoniums have their uses, big 
specimens serving as corner plants or breakers of the 
level where beds are filled with medium-sized plants. 
Much interest may be found in taking up some 
particular family of plants and gathering together 
as many species and varieties of that family as 
possible. In some cases such a collection may well 
be massed in one bed, as for instance Eryngiums, 
a large block of which, comprising all the types and 
garden varieties, makes a very striking and unique 
display. With some families, however, there is 
