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run 1 2 feet wide, has an entirely different view- 
point to the man who has £5 in his pocket 
and wants to have a border of hardy plants ; or 
the woman who hasn’t any money but a few 
shillings for seeds, and who yet gets one. 
In the first case, since he can afford to pay a 
large price, the one thing he cannot afford 
to do, is to wait. His border must be made 
and be full of bloom the first season. The 
rich man can’t afford patience, consequently 
clumps at the “ reduced ” price of £5 per 100 
are planted in masses to get some effect the 
first year. This chapter does not deal at length 
with this class of border, beyond giving one 
plan, and the estimated cost of a border 300 
feet long by 1 2 feet, to show what can be done 
by a local nurseryman who has not yet estab- 
lished his fame as a specialist. It proposes 
instead to cater for the man with the £5 note 
in his pocket, who is content with a small 
border to begin with and who has infinite 
patience. The first thing to reckon on is the 
infinite generosity of gardening friends; so 
glad are they to entangle some fellow-fly in 
the same web of enchantment that has en- 
thralled them, that they lure him on with 
promises, generally followed up with gifts. 
We have all heard of the couple who started 
