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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
fact, the combinations that may be thought out 
are endless, but always bear in mind that two 
spiral plants such as eremurus and tritoma, 
two mass plants such as Shasta daisy and 
gaillardia, should never be placed together, and 
will look better if each spiral is placed with a 
mass plant instead of the two spirals together. 
'Eremurus Bungei , yellow, will look better with 
the gaillardia to show off its form by spread- 
ing splashes of colour behind and around it, 
than if placed near the torch lily (tritoma), 
also of spiral form, which should be placed 
near the Shasta daisy. 
Among plants suitable for foregrounds, the 
following lists may be helpful, the names in 
italics being those suitable for a stone edging 
or for carpeting only, as they are very small. 
Auriculas; Ajuga deep blue ; Alyssum yellow ; Anemone, 
St Brigid and coronaria ; Aquilegia glandulosa blue and 
white ; Arabis white ; Aubrietia mauve ; Asperula tinctoria 
white ; Aster alpinus blue, rose and white ; Aster altaicus 
yellow ; Beilis perennis white and red ; Campanula barbata , 
pusilla blue and white, carpatica blue and white, F. Wilson , 
and glomerata ; Dianthus in variety (pinks) ; Funkia in 
variety ^Geranium Lancastrium pink, and G.pratense florepleno 
mauve ; Convolvulus cneorum pink ; Cerastium grey foliage 
and white flowers (useful carpeting plant) ; Delphinium %abil 
sulphur-coloured and 6 inches high, D. nudicaule red ; Epi- 
mediums grown for their foliage ; Erigeron mucronatus like a 
small pink and white daisy, very feathery, Erigeron grandi- 
