1 98 HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
down to form a kind of hedge), together with 
Zephirin Drouhin, fragrant, cherry-coloured, 
and thornless. 
Of the outer borders the one facing the 
low terrace wall is the most important, for it 
is seen by all who drive up to the house. 
Therefore, winter and summer, spring and 
autumn, it has to be catered for. In winter, 
although no flowers can be had, it is quite 
pleasing to look upon, for at intervals are 
planted various bright-looking shrubs or ivies, 
the latter trained and cut into tall pyramidal 
shapes, silver euonymus, gold and silver ivies, 
golden yew, Cupressus macrocarpa , and Nandina 
dome stic a , the Chinese “ good luck ” tree. 
Clumps of silver-edged iris (very showy) and 
yuccas, round bushes of lavender, both small 
and large varieties, and kept clipped after 
flowering, and one or two shrubby veronicas 
keep the border green and furnished until the 
spring, when daffodils and yellow tulips push 
through a carpet of forget-me-nots, and a few 
handsome clumps of doronicum show up well 
among the small shrubs. This year the border 
is edged with salmon-coloured sweet-williams, 
grown from seed, which, with white lilies, 
and the early Dawson rose on the wire fence 
at the back, will keep it going until July, 
