VII 
MARYLAND 
Flower gardens adorn many of the places in Mary- 
land, most of them of the old-fashioned kind so char- 
acteristic of the Southern States, and others of a more 
recent date. The latter, though less elaborate than those 
of New England, are quite as attractive in the studied 
simplicity of their design. 
Conspicuous often are the Ivy-edged paths some- 
times replacing the low Box border, and the great growths 
of Box and rare shrubs, once imported luxuries from old 
England, speak the prosperity of early days. 
In the low country of the interior the midsummer cli- 
mate is humid and hot enough to discourage the flowers of 
this season, but when certain annuals are kept sufficiently 
moist and mulched they may pass unscathed through the 
trying season and join the few fall perennials for several 
weeks of bloom. 
Winter protection is not a matter of importance and 
Pansies need but an ordinary covering of leaves. An ex- 
treme of cold, which is rare, might bring disaster to the 
leaf-covered Canterbury Bell in the open, but this is one 
of the gambles in garden life. 
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