In the Garden
Are we justified in calling the' ordinary border of the sort " herba- ceous " ? The word, I take it, means a plant that disappears from the surface in winter, and most of us grow in such borders a fair proportion of evergreens. I see (as in the 200th number of My Garden) that the experts begin to prefer " hardy perennial borders." It is always a debatable point how such a border should be designed. Some insist on tall plants at the back sloping down to the forward dwarfi. Some prefer a succession of bays ; some like the whole to be covered with serried ranks. Now Mr. M-acself, that great expert, urges emphasis on great single bushes, amid carpeting plants, recommending' even bocconia, which many gardeners reject as altogether too lusty for inclusion. It multiplies almost as freely as that white achillea which may become almost as difficult to eradicate as gout-weed. W. BEACH THOMAS.
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