ANNUALS AND BULBS 
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old friends. But if we accept the definition 
given by Webster of herb, and of herbaceous 
as pertaining to herb, then we may admit 
unquestioned annual, biennial, and perennial 
plants to a border. So let us boldly decide to 
include the best of everything in our border, 
both annuals and biennials, lilies and bulbs. 
It is impossible to contemplate a border lacking 
the fragrance of mignonette and stocks ; and 
where should we find anything with which to 
replace the gaiety and brightness and general 
disposition of the nasturtium or marigold, 
blooming the summer through, or the sterling 
quality of Salvia Horminum , a mass of purple 
from June till frost ? 
What would the garden be like at evening 
minus the pale beauty and fragrance of Nico- 
tiana, and the night-scented stock Matthiola, 
all but invisible in day-time, but vividly present 
to the senses as night falls ? So Met us leave 
here and there, when planting our border, 
irregular spaces where annuals may be sown, 
either to supplement and strengthen some pet 
scheme of colour, or to take the place of a 
perennial whose glory has departed. Think 
of the back row of a border where tall del- 
phiniums are over by the end of July, and how 
instantly their place is taken and filled by 
