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Old Time Gardens 
on page 256. Ageratum is a satisfactory edging. 
Thyme is of ancient use, but rather unmanageable; 
one garden owner has set his edgings of Money- 
wort, otherwise Creeping-jenny. I should be loth 
to use Moneywort as an edging ; I would not care 
Parterre and Clipped Box - at Hampton 
for its yellow flowers in that place, though I find 
them very kindly and cheerful on dull banks or in 
damp spots, under the drip of trees and eaves, or 
better stili, growing gladly in the flower pot of the 
poor. I fear if Moneywort thrived enough to 
make a close, suitable edging, that it would thrive 
too well, and would swamp the borders with its un- 
