MY HERBACEOUS GARDEN 199 
when masses of perennials, in all shades of 
yellow, brown, and orange, flower, and together 
with a few bold clumps of Gladiolus Brench- 
lyensis , alternating with white Hyacinthus 
candicans , will present a mass of colour lasting 
till October. As the sweet-williams fade they 
will be taken up and replaced with annuals, 
Tagetes, and Coriopsis (sown in boxes), and 
by some groups of summer chrysanthemums in 
brown, orange, and yellow shades. 
The outer border facing west is edged with 
the white-flowered saxifrage, through which 
will come up quantities of double white 
narcissus and English iris. Behind it a line 
of pasonies runs the whole length of the 
garden, whose buds are well protected from 
the early-morning sun by the rose trellis, 
while behind them again are the newer 
Michaelmas daisies or asters. Each clump of 
the last is pulled apart in October and each 
piece planted separately, some 10 inches apart, 
forming a clump of five or six pieces. When 
well staked out, they ought to feather over 
the border, hiding the pasony leaves, by that 
time brown and discoloured, and always with 
the background of the roses on their wire 
trellis. 
On each side of the grass walk in the 
