38 HARDY PERENNIALS 
For the more prominently placed beds tall erect- 
growing subjects might be thinly planted over the 
surface of the bed, allowing space for some carpeting 
plant to cover the whole area inside the edging. 
If each of the subjects chosen for a bed flowers at 
a different season, the bed will be attractive over 
the whole season from Spring to Autumn, and with 
a varied series of such beds one will have a garden 
of ever-changing beauty and interest. 
Corners of the grass where there is little treading 
may be planted with Colchicums, Autumn- or Spring- 
flowering Crocuses and other bulbs, and even in 
Winter we may secure a measure of brightness with 
berried shrubs, silvery or variegated edging plants, 
and patches of the Winter Aconite, Hellebores, and 
the Chionodoxas, Snowdrops and other gems of 
the dull, dark season. 
Seasonal Borders 
Where space is ample there is a good deal to be 
said in favour of making seasonal borders, grouping 
in each the flowers that bloom at a particular season 
of the year. Thus we may have the early Spring 
border, borders for the separate months of May, 
June, July, August and September, and late Autumn, 
each of which will give us a glorious feature in its 
own particular season. 
Some excellent examples of such borders are to 
be met with in gardens of well-known enthusiasts, 
and so long as each border can be of reasonably 
