Colour in the flower garden . r the bloom was a little thicker below, butthe second I thought it still better when it had partlyrambled up into the lower branches of the Weigelathat stood behind it. The little thin starry flower iswhite and is borne in branching heads ; the leaves arelance-shaped and sharply pointed ; but when the plant 88 COLOUR IN THE FLOWER GARDEN is examined in the hand its most distinct character isthe small fine wire-like stem, smooth and nearly black,that branches about in an angular way of its own. These are only a very few examples of what mayalso be done in a number
Colour in the flower garden . r the bloom was a little thicker below, butthe second I thought it still better when it had partlyrambled up into the lower branches of the Weigelathat stood behind it. The little thin starry flower iswhite and is borne in branching heads ; the leaves arelance-shaped and sharply pointed ; but when the plant 88 COLOUR IN THE FLOWER GARDEN is examined in the hand its most distinct character isthe small fine wire-like stem, smooth and nearly black,that branches about in an angular way of its own. These are only a very few examples of what mayalso be done in a number of other ways, but if theyserve to draw attention to those generally neglectedshrub edges, it may be to the benefit of many there is room for a good group of plants theyshould be of some size or solidity of character such asTree Lupine, Peony, Acanthus, Spircea Aruncus, thelarger hardy Ferns, Rubus nutkanus or plants of somesuch size and character. The low-growing Bambusatessellata is a capital shrub-edge as oo &0 § to uj?».
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