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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
nemorosa and phlox (Mahdi), and then to a 
vivid climax of scarlet geum (Mrs Bradshaw), 
scarlet lychnis, phlox Coquelicot and tritomas, 
broken here and there with the greys of 
santolina and Gypsophila paniculata , and such 
low-growing plants for edging as London 
Pride, pink daisies, campanulas, and pinks 
( gloriosa ). A great effort has been made to 
prevent any spotty effect, and I have tried to 
get one mass of a given plant rather than half 
a dozen clumps at intervals. It will be noted 
from the accompanying plan that each planting 
has been carefully chosen with due relation to 
the colour and height of its neighbour. In 
spite, however, of all the care that can be 
exercised in planting, it is generally necessary 
to alter the position of some of the plants 
after the general effect has been produced at 
flowering time, and careful notes should be 
made for the alterations required, which should 
be carried out in autumn. 
It may be remarked that very little, if any, 
space has been left for annuals in either of 
these borders. That is because they are not 
very large, and owing to the generosity of 
friends and the acquisitive habit of the owner 
during twelve years, they are rather crowded 
as it is. The daisies and London Pride may 
