. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. [ M7 3. MIXED BORDERS AND ROCK GARDENS. By S. W. Fitzherbert. OF late years there have been innumerable accessions to the rank's of hardy flower growers, a cult that is slowly but surely ousting the inartistic and expensive system of " bedding-out," w hich, w ith its carpet-patterns and crude combinations of flat colour, held sway for so long a period in our English gardens. At one time, not so many wears ago, few were the gardens, except those of cottagers, that were not affected by this
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. [ M7 3. MIXED BORDERS AND ROCK GARDENS. By S. W. Fitzherbert. OF late years there have been innumerable accessions to the rank's of hardy flower growers, a cult that is slowly but surely ousting the inartistic and expensive system of " bedding-out," w hich, w ith its carpet-patterns and crude combinations of flat colour, held sway for so long a period in our English gardens. At one time, not so many wears ago, few were the gardens, except those of cottagers, that were not affected by this undesirable innovation, though, even when the bedding craze was at its height, there were examples to be found, attached, probably, to some old manor house or grange, where the restful reign of the old-fashioned favourites had continued unbroken by the incursion of the more showy invaders. Little by little, however, the taste for hardy flowers has again come into vogue, and now there is scarcely a garden, large or small, that does not contain a "mixed border" and a certain number of rock plants. The term " herbaceous border," although it has been severely criticised as being an infelicitous title, probably serves better than any other to denote the nature of the majority of the denizens of such a bed, for these are mainly composed of plants that die down during a certain portion of the year, and after a period of rest throw up fresh foliage and flower stems. One of the first questions asked by the novice w ho contemplates the addition of an herbaceous border to his or her garden is "What shall 1 plant to have the bed gay during the spring, summer, and autumn ? " and therefore it may be as well at once to admit that at no time is the whole border, throughout its length and breadth, a blaze of colour, since the extent and disposition of its tints change with the changing months, as the varied breadths of flowers break into blossom or lose their effec
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