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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
CHAPTER VI.— THE MIXED BORDER 
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For a small garden — Importance of careful selection 
— Only the best varieties — The restraining of 
one’s acquisitiveness — Grouping and names of 
plants — List and plan . . . . .86 
CHAPTER VIE— THE MIXED BORDER (contd.) 
For large gardens — Arrangement of plants — Tending 
to repetition — Danger of allowing the coarser 
plants to overgrow the choice specimens — 
Grouping, and lists of plants for foreground, 
middle distance, and background . . .103 
CHAPTER VIII.— ANNUALS AND BULBS 
Use of other than strictly herbaceous plants — The im- 
possibilities of keeping up an unfailing supply with- 
out these — Argument as to whether bulbs should 
be included — Directions for planting same — 
N ames of bulbs that can be leftin border — Annuals 
— Cultural directions and colours — List of same 116 
CHAPTER IX.-— ONE-COLOUR GARDENS 
The arrangement of small gardens in separate colours is 
specially good where no variety of contour exists 
— A mauve garden enclosed by yew hedges — A 
pink and rose-red garden — An orange and yellow 
garden — A ghost garden — An evening garden . 133 
CHAPTER X.— BLUE GARDENS 
Description of natural blue gardens — Of a carefully- 
thought-out garden — A blue terrace border— 
Names of suitable plants . . . .147 
CHAPTER XI.— THE MASSING OF 
DISTINCT SPECIES 
Iris gardens — Michaelmas daisy gardens — Paeony 
gardens — Snapdragon gardens — Evening gardens 
— Lavender gardens . . . . .156 
