32 Making a Garden to Bloom This Year 
ders or beds will add greatly to the ef- 
fect of the whole. The most pleasing ar- 
rangement is, first of all, an eight-inch 
band of turf, next to all walks ; then next 
to this a row of white alyssum the same 
width — a single row of plants will make 
it — or of ageratum, if a blue flower is pre- 
ferred. Use catchfly ( Silene pendula com- 
pact a) for pink or rose, or there are 
rose-colored ageratums to choose from. 
Sanvitalia procumbens , ft . pl. 9 will furnish 
a yellow border, but a very little yellow 
goes so far, and is so aggressive, that it 
is not a particularly desirable color to use 
for an edging. 
Irregular and informal borders should, 
on the contrary, never be outlined, for 
such outline robs them of all their in- 
dividuality and character. The easy 
flowing foreground line of an informal 
border is completely out of harmony with 
any attempt at sharp demarcation, for 
the basis of such a border is Nature’s own 
method of planting. And Nature kn6ws 
no hard and fast lines of separation ; 
everything blends into everything else, and 
natural growth wanders where it listeth. 
For the same reason lawn should run up 
