The livable house, its garden . e general rule that tall things should be kept to the back ofthe border with lower growing plants in front, ought not to beenforced to the point of giving the plants an appearance of tierarrangement. The hollyhocks and boltonia and foxgloves shouldrun forward here and there into the phlox and sweet William, inorder to break up their too even line, and the blue bells and for-get-me-nots would sufifer no harm from an intrusion of the phloxand sweet William. An occasional shrub or bush rose, if the border be very wideor over long, is pleasing among the flow^ers, an
The livable house, its garden . e general rule that tall things should be kept to the back ofthe border with lower growing plants in front, ought not to beenforced to the point of giving the plants an appearance of tierarrangement. The hollyhocks and boltonia and foxgloves shouldrun forward here and there into the phlox and sweet William, inorder to break up their too even line, and the blue bells and for-get-me-nots would sufifer no harm from an intrusion of the phloxand sweet William. An occasional shrub or bush rose, if the border be very wideor over long, is pleasing among the flow^ers, and used at the cornersof flower beds it acts as an accent and contributes strength, wherestrength is desirable. Some regard for appropriateness in character should be exer-cised in flower planting even in the formal garden. For example,plants which recall something of the feeling which belongs towatersides should grow near a pool. Iris and grasses arereminders of streams; so are blue forget-me-nots, the brilliant [loo] G a r d n. [lOl] T h Livable H o u
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