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Within the fence or wall or hedge which protected 
the garden, lesser hedges set each thing apart and pre¬ 
served the integrity of both the beds and walks. And 
for these little hedges—or edgings—many things were 
used. Boxwood and thrift, or sea gilliflower, were 
the first choice, different though they are. The former 
was useful of course where the latter was not. Scarlet 
thrift was pronounced the best. Then there were 
daisies—these the bellis , not the leucunthetnutn 
pinks, chamomile, London pride and catchfly, all much 
used. These pinks were the sweet and spicy grass or 
Scotch pinks which some call pheasant’s-eye Dian- 
thus plumarius. The ancient chamomile— Anthemis 
nobilis —is with us still, and found, too, as a weed 
sometimes, escaped from the old gardens; London 
pride rejoices us with other names and quainter, 
for this little Saxifraga umbrosa is none other than the 
“Nancy pretty,” which it is altogether impossible to dis¬ 
entangle from “none-so-pretty” sufficiently to find out 
which is the careless form of the other. And I for 
one am glad ’tis so—for now we may keep them both. 
The catchfly, listed as a perennial, was presumably 
Silene inflata , this being the bladder catchfly, bladder 
campion, cow bell or white Ben, whose shoots are 
sometimes used as a green in England. Of annuals 
there were several. Dwarf Virgin stocks were said to 
be the most suitable of all because they are low and 
