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little or no smel at all: for oftentimes it hapneth that 
the uppermost floures are differing from those that 
grow upon the middle of the plant, and those vary 
from the lowermost, as Nature list to dally with things 
of such beauty.” 
Candytuft there was, used then, as now, for edging 
—Candia tufts, it is really. It came first with pur¬ 
plish flowers, from Candia; this —Iberis umbellata — 
and the pure white —Iberis amara —were the only ones 
in the old gardens. All th* variations from lavender 
to crimson have been developed later, and should not 
be used in old-fashioned planting. 
“Shrubby aromatics” were used too for edgings, and 
trimmed into tiny hedges. These were the most in¬ 
teresting of all. Thyme, savory, hyssop, sage, lav¬ 
ender, germander, lavender cotton and rue all found 
this use, though gardeners are warned that they may 
become “woody, stubby and naked.” This might de¬ 
pend somewhat on the manner in which they were 
treated, I should say, and when and how they were 
cut back. Parsley was used for edging in the kitchen 
garden, likewise strawberries, which “have an agreeable 
appearance in blossom and fruit” if the runners are kept 
close trimmed. This was in the days when strawber¬ 
ries were so common wild that few would have 
dreamed of giving any space to them in the garden. 
But they would do for an ornament! And Parkinson 
