HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND BORDERS 
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In setting out the plants, if 
there are half a dozen of one 
kind, group them in one place so 
there will be a sufficient mass of 
color to make its presence felt, 
have no set form, but simulate 
nature’s plantings. Do not al- 
ways graduate the plants from 
dwarf in front to tall at back, 
but occasionally bring a group of 
bold plants forward, which will 
give surface variety and thus 
avoid monotony of form. In 
selecting plants for the border, 
get a sufficient quantity of differ- 
ently colored spring - flowering 
subjects to group here and there 
the whole length of the border. 
Do the same with the summer -flowering sorts, and again with 
the autumn -flowering, so that the entire border will be at- 
tractive at all seasons. For instance, the early- flowering 
hardy Candytufts planted in conjunction with autumn -flower- 
ing hardy Phloxes will give successional displays, as, too, 
would Daffodils and Torch Lilies. Consider also, in group- 
ing plants, their height and form of growth as well as the 
color of the flowers. With thought, many combinations of 
the utmost beauty are possible. The most effective and up- 
to-date borders are those in which tall -growing Ornamental 
Grasses, such as Pampas, Eulalia, etc., as well as dwarf Ever- 
greens and restrained shrubs, are interspersed and so arranged 
among the flowering plants that they will separate some of 
the latter into individual masses of color, which is often more 
satisfying to the eye than a promiscuous mixture of flowers 
of every kind and hue. 
