There are few plants that make a better edging, where box is not used, than the Sea pink. The common garden thyme makes a pretty edging, the lemon-scented species especially so. The small periwinkle (Vinca minor) is very good for this purpose, besides growing well in deep shade.

Dwarf Climbing Vines, "not growing over three or five feet, and not liable to be infested with red spider, and which will retain their verdure till frost," are not common. The several varieties of thunbergia, maurandia, and cypress-vine come nearest to your wishes, though the red spider occasionally preys on the first named. Tropaeolum canariense is a good yellow, and Lophspermum soandens, pink.

Bedding Plants, "one and a half feet high, to stay green till frost, and blooming early." The Madagascar periwinkle, pink and white, has as " pretty a habit and as showy bloom as can be desired, and flowers profusely. Cuphea platycentra, scarlet, and the different varieties of Petunia do well. Lantana sellowii and other kinds of Lantana are very fine for this purpose. All these have to be raised in the fall, and kept over the winter in pits or greenhouses. There are not many annuals that can be sown out in spring and retain their verdure till fall. The escholtzias will sometimes (yellow and orange). The globe amaran-thuses (white, purple, and yellow) do very well. The following list of annuals are those which retain their verdure the longest, and do not exceed two feet high: Ageratum Mexi-canum, blue; Browallia elata, blue; Caoalia coccinea, scarlet; Chrysanthemum euryoides, yellow; Erysimum Peroffkianum, orange; Gaillardia picts, yellow and red; Candy tuft, white and purple; Phlox drummondii, purple and white; Mignionette, buff; and the now out leaved, white.