Chapter X: Part 10

We surmise that either she has much more laid by than we supposed or she is waxing extravagant, for she has had the opal, that _The Man_ gave her once in exchange for an old coin, surrounded with very good diamonds and set as a ring! Really I never before noticed what fine strong white hands she has.

I shall ask Father Penrose for the _Cyclopædia_--it has a substantial sound that may soften his suspicion that we are not practical and were not properly grieved over the loss of the hens!

XX

EPILOGUE

(DICTATED)

_Woodridge, January 3._ In the face of circumstances that prevent my holding the pen in my own hand, I am resolved that the first chronicle of the New Year shall be mine,--for by me it has sent The Garden, You, and I a new member and our own garden a new tree, an oak we hope.

The Infant is exultant at the evident and direct result of her dealings with the fairies, and keeps a plate of astonishing goodies by the nursery hearth fire; these, if the fairies do not feast upon personally, are appreciated by their horses, the mice.

His name is John Bartram Penrose, a good one to conjure with gardenwise, though he is no kin to the original. He has fresh-air lungs, and if he does not wax strong of limb and develop into a naturalist of some sort, he cannot blame his parents or their garden vacation.

MARY PENROSE,

her mark.

FOR THE HARDY SEED BED

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NAME |TENDER | | | |
|OR HARDY | COLOUR |HEIGHT |SEASON |REMARKS
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Aquilegia-COLUMBINE | H.P.* | | 3 ft. |June |Columbines are among
| | | | |the most graceful
Chrysantha | |Golden | | |and easily raised
| |yellow | | |of hardy plants.
Coerulea | |Rich | | |They will thrive in
| |Blue | | |open borders, but do
Glandulosa vera | |Blue and| | |better in partial
| |white | | |shade, after the
| | | | |habit of our local
| | | | |species, the "Red
| | | | |Bells" of hillsides
| | | | |and rocky wood.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
CANTERBURY-BELL | H.B.** | | 2 ft. |June |Old-fashioned plants
Campanula media | |Blue, | | |of decorative value.
| |white, | | |As with all
| |pink | | |biennials, the plant
| | | | |dies soon after
| | | | |maturing seed; a new
| | | | |sowing should be
| | | | |made each spring and
| | | | |seedlings
| | | | |transplanted as soon
| | | | |as the old plant
| | | | |dies; this secures
| | | | |strong growth before
| | | | |winter.
CHIMNEY BELL-FLOWER | H.P. |Blue |3-4 ft.|Aug. |Desirable because of
| | | |to |of its late blooming
Campanula | | | |Oct. |combined with its
pyramadalis | | | | |striking appearance.
| | | | |Should be planted in
| | | | |connection with the
| | | | |tall white hardy
| | | | |phlox.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Coreopsis | H.P. |Yellow |1-2 ft.|Summer |A sturdy plant
lanceolata | | | | |either for massing
| | | | |or as a border to
| | | | |sunny shrubberies.
| | | | |Flowers carried on
| | | | |long stems suitable
| | | | |for cutting.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
CANDYTUFT--Iberis | H.P. | |1 ft. |Summer |When transplanted
| | | | |from seed bed,
Sempervirens | |White | | |plants should be
| | | | |set eight inches
| | | | |apart to make the
| | | | |best effect, given
| | | | |room, they make fine
| | | | |compact bushes. The
| | | | |foliage is
| | | | |evergreen.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Delphinium-- | H.P. |Blue, |3-7 ft.|June, |Our most satisfactory
LARKSPUR |Flowering|all | |July, |blue flower, but
|first |shades | |and |like all of this
|year | |Oct. |colour should have
| | | | |a setting of white.
| | | | |If plants are cut
| | | | |down to the ground
| | | | |as soon as the
| | | | |blossoms fade, they
| | | | |will give a second
| | | | |crop in October.
D. Grandiflorum | |White |1-2 ft.|Summer |These flowers have
Chinensis | |and blue| | |a peculiar
| | | | |brilliancy, and if
SIBERIAN LARKSPUR | | | | |set in a bed edged
| | | | |by sweet alyssum,
| | | | |are very
| | | | |satisfactory.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Dianthus | H.P. | |1 ft. |May |There is nothing
plumarius | | | |and |more suggestive of
SCOTCH CLOVE PINK | |Various | |June |the old time gardens
Her Majesty | |White | | " |of sweet flowers
Lord Lyon | |Pink | | " |than these fringed
| | | | |pinks. If once
| | | | |established in a
| | | | |well-drained spot,
| | | | |and not harassed,
| | | | |they will sow
| | | | |themselves and last
| | | | |for years. Her
| | | | |Majesty and Lord
| | | | |Lyon are new
| | | | |varieties, and as
| | | | |double as
| | | | |carnations.
Dianthus | H.P. |Var. |6 in.- |Summer |Excellent for either
Chinensis | | | 1 ft. | |bedding or edging.
CHINA PINK |first | | | |Have an apple
| year | | | |fragrance.
Dianthus | H.P. |Var. |9 in.- |Summer |These summer pinks
Heddewigii | | | 1 ft. | |are not grown in
JAPAN PINK |first | | | |masses as freely as
| year | | | |as they deserve.
| | | | |They bloom with all
| | | | |the profusion of
| | | | |annuals without
| | | | |their frailty. For a
| | | | |succession the seed
| | | | |should be sown every
| | | | |year, as the old
| | | | |plants bloom
| | | | |earliest and the new
| | | | |follow them.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Dianthus barbatus | H.P. |Var. | 1 ft. |June |An old-time
SWEET-WILLIAM | | | | |favourite with
| | | | |slightly fragrant
| | | | |blossoms that will
| | | | |keep a week in water
| | | | |when cut. A bed when
| | | | |once established
| | | | |will last a long
| | | | |time if a few of the
| | | | |finest heads of
| | | | |flowers are allowed
| | | | |to go to seed, as
| | | | |with many perennials
| | | | |the younger plants
| | | | |bloom more
| | | | |vigorously than the
| | | | |old.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Digitalis--FOXGLOVE | H.P. | |3 ft. |June |A dignified as well
Variety | |White, | | |as a poetic flower
gloxinoides | |pink, | | |if given its
| |purple, | | |natural, half-wild
| |light | | |surroundings. It
| |yellow | | |will thrive best
| | | | |in partial shade if
| | | | |the soil be good.
| | | | |While if the stalks
| | | | |of seeds are saved
| | | | |and the contents
| | | | |scattered along wild
| | | | |walks or at the edge
| | | | |of woods, surprising
| | | | |results will follow.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
FEVERFEW | H.P. | |1-3 ft.|Summer |A very useful,
Chrysanthemum |first |White | | |double-flowered
parthenium, | year | | | |white composite,
double | | | | |resembling a small
| | | | |chrysanthemum. It
| | | | |should be used
| | | | |freely as a setting
| | | | |for blue, pink, or
| | | | |magenta flowers.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
FORGET-ME-NOT | H.P. | |1 ft. |Spring |Well-known flowers
Myosotis alpestris | |Blue | |and |that do best in
Victoria | | | |autumn |moist borders or
| | | | |places where they
| | | | |can be watered
| | | | |freely. If cut down
| | | | |after first
| | | | |flowering, will
| | | | |bloom again in
| | | | |autumn.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Gaillardia | H.P. |Yellow |1 ft. |Until |Brilliant and hardy
cristata | first |and | |frost |plants for edging
BLANKET FLOWER | year |red | | |shrubbery or in
| | | | |separate beds.
| | | | |Sprawl too much for
| | | | |the mixed border.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
HOLLYHOCKS | H.P. | | |Summer |Of late years these
Double and single | |All |4-7 ft.| |decorative plants
| |colors | | |have suffered from a
New Hybrid Hollyhock| |All |4 ft. | |blight that turns
flowers first year | |colors | | |the leaves yellow
from seed | | | | |and soon spreads to
| | | | |the stalks. Use
| | | | |great care that the
| | | | |soil be new and
| | | | |well drained,
| | | | |sprinkle powdered
| | | | |sulphur and unslaked
| | | | |lime on surface and
| | | | |dig it in shortly
| | | | |before setting out
| | | | |the seedlings.
| | | | |Also spray young
| | | | |plants well with
| | | | |diluted Bordeaux
| | | | |mixture at intervals
| | | | |before the flowers
| | | | |show colour.
| | | | |A large bed should
| | | | |be given to this
| | | | |flower, with either
| | | | |a wall or hedge as a
| | | | |background, and they
| | | | |should be allowed to
| | | | |seed themselves from
| | | | |the best flowers.
| | | | |Thus a natural and
| | | | |artistic effect is
| | | | |produced unlike the
| | | | |stiff lines of
| | | | |tightly staked
| | | | |plants.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
HONESTY | H.B. | | | |The old English
Lunaria biennis | |White |2 ft. |June |flower of colonial
| | to | | |gardens. Should be
| | lilac | | |massed. The silvery
| | | | |moons of its seed
| | | | |vessels make unusual
| | | | |winter bouquets.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
LUPINS | H.P. | | | |Good for planting
Lupinus polyphyllus | |Rich |3 ft. |June |before the white
| | blue | | |flowering June
| | | | |shrubs. Flowers borne
| | | | |erect upon long
| | | | |spikes. Very
| | | | |difficult to
| | | | |transplant unless
| | | | |the long root is
| | | | |kept intact.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
HORSEMINT | H.P. | |2-3 ft.|Summer |Sturdy and somewhat
Monada didyma-Bee | |Deep red| | |coarse plants, their
balm or Oswego tea | | | | |square stems telling
Monada fistulosa | | | | |the kinship with the
WILD BERGAMOT | H.P. |Lavender|3-6 ft.|Summer |familiar mints. Of
| | | | |good decorative
| | | | |effect, should be
| | | | |used as a background
| | | | |in the bed of sweet
| | | | |odours, as
| | | | |especially after a
| | | | |rain they yield the
| | | | |garden a clean
| | | | |fragrance of tonic
| | | | |quality. The bergamot
| | | | |grows wild in many
| | | | |places and is easily
| | | | |transplanted.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Primula | H.P. | |6 in. |May |The beautiful tufted
ENGLISH FIELD | |Primrose| | |primrose of the
PRIMROSE | |yellow | | |English poets. Grows
| | | | |in this country best
| | | | |on moist, grassy
| | | | |banks under high or
| | | | |in partial shade.
| | | | |It has, during the
| | | | |ten years that I
| | | | |have grown it,
| | | | |proved entirely
| | | | |hardy. The seed may
| | | | |be in the ground a
| | | | |year before
| | | | |germinating, but
| | | | |once established the
| | | | |plant cares for
| | | | |itself.
Primula Japonica | H.P. |Yellows |6 in.- |May |The border primrose
mixed border | |and reds| 1 ft. | |so freely used in
| | | | |England but rarely
| | | | |seen in everyday
| | | | |gardens here, where
| | | | |I have found it
| | | | |perfectly hardy.
| | | | |Makes a border of
| | | | |rich colour for the
| | | | |May garden. Must be
| | | | |watered freely in
| | | | |hot, dry seasons.
Primula Officinalis | H.P. |Yellow |1 ft. |May |The English cowslip,
COWSLIP | | | | |a charming garden
| | | | |flower, but more at
| | | | |home in nooks of
| | | | |grassy banks, like
| | | | |the primrose, or in
| | | | |the open.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
POPPY | H.P. |Yellow |1 ft. |Early |Poppies are very
{ Iceland poppy | |and | |Summer |difficult to
{ P. nudicale | |white | | |transplant, owing to
| | | | |their long,
| | | | |sensitive roots,
| | | | |though it can be
| | | | |done. It is easier,
| | | | |therefore, to sow
| | | | |them thinly where
| | | | |they are to remain
| | | | |and weed them out.
P. orientale | H.P. |Dazzling|2-3 ft.|June |A gorgeous flower,
| | scarlet| | |subject to damping
| | | | |off if heavy rains
| | | | |come when it is in
| | | | |full bloom. Should
| | | | |be used to fill in
| | | | |between white
| | | | |shrubs, as its
| | | | |colour is impossible
| | | | |near any of the
| | | | |pink, purple, or
| | | | |magenta June
| | | | |flowers, and a
| | | | |single plant
| | | | |misplaced will ruin
| | | | |your garden.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
PHLOX | H.P. |In |3-4 ft.|July- |Offshoots of these
P. paniculata | |variety,| | Oct. |hardy phloxes may be
| |crimson,| |Miss |usually obtained by
| |purple, | |Lingard|exchange from some
| |salmon, | |in June|friend, as they
| |carmine,| | |increase rapidly.
| |and | | |But there is a charm
| |white | | |in raising seedlings
| |with | | |on the chance of
| |colored | | |growing a new
| |eye | | |species. These
| | | | |phloxes are the
| | | | |backbone of the
| | | | |hardy garden from
| | | | |July until frost,
| | | | |while Miss Lingard,
| | | | |a fine white
| | | | |variety, blooms in
| | | | |June to be a setting
| | | | |for the blue
| | | | |larkspurs.
Phlox subulata | H.P. |Pink and|6 in. | |The dwarf phlox that
MOSS PINK | |white | | |hides its foliage
| | | | |under sheets of pink
| | | | |or white bloom and
| | | | |makes the great mats
| | | | |of colour seen among
| | | | |rock work and on dry
| | | | |banks in parks and
| | | | |public gardens.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
PENTSTEMON | H.P. | |3 ft. |Summer |Very fine border
European | |Many | | |plants, almost as
varieties. Mixed | | rich | | |decorative as
| | colours| | |foxgloves, showing
| | | | |tints of reds
| | | | |through pink, white,
| | | | |blue and white
| | | | |cream, etc.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
PANSIES | H.B. |Many |1 ft. |April |It is usual to sow
in varieties | flowers | rich | | to |pansies in frames
| first | colours| |Dec. |during September
| year | | | |and October, winter
| | | | |them under cover,
| | | | |and transplant to
| | | | |beds the following
| | | | |spring.
| | | | |If pansies (well
| | | | |soaked previously)
| | | | |are sown in the seed
| | | | |bed in late August
| | | | |or early September,
| | | | |they will be compact
| | | | |little plants by
| | | | |November, when they
| | | | |may be transplanted
| | | | |to their permanent
| | | | |bed or else covered
| | | | |where they stand,
| | | | |protected by leaves
| | | | |between the rows and
| | | | |a few evergreen
| | | | |boughs or a little
| | | | |salt hay over them.
| | | | |If an entire bed is
| | | | |set apart set apart
| | | | |for pansies and only
| | | | |the finest flowers
| | | | |allowed to seed, the
| | | | |bed will keep itself
| | | | |going for several
| | | | |years by merely
| | | | |thinning and
| | | | |adjusting the
| | | | |seedlings.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
DAY PRIMROSE | H.P. |Golden |1 ft. |Early |A day-flowering
Oenothera fruticosa | |yellow | |summer |member of the
| | | | |evening-primrose
| | | | |family, resembling
| | | | |the golden sundrops
| | | | |of our June meadows.
| | | | |Very fragrant, and
| | | | |if once established,
| | | | |will sow itself.
EVENING PRIMROSE | H.B. |Yellow |3 ft. |All |The exquisitely
Oenothera biennis | | | |summer |scented silver-gold
| | | | |flower that unfurls
| | | | |at twilight to give
| | | | |a supper to the hawk
| | | | |moths, upon whom it
| | | | |depends for
| | | | |fertilization. Grows
| | | | |in dry soil and
| | | | |should be used in
| | | | |masses to fill in
| | | | |odd corners.
--------------------+---------+--------+-------+-------+--------------------
Violas | H.P. |Purple, |6 in. |April |A race of plants
TUFTED PANSY-VIOLETS| |yellow, | |to Oct.|closely resembling
for bedding | |rose, | | |pansies, that fill
| |mauve, | | |an important place
| |white | | |in the gardens of
| | | | |Europe, but are as
| | | | |yet little known
| | | | |here, though they
| | | | |are as hardy as the
| | | | |primulas. As a
| | | | |border for shrubs or
| | | | |rose beds they are
| | | | |excellent, but when
| | | | |planted as a bed,
| | | | |should be in partial
| | | | |shade.
====================+=========+========+=======+=======+====================
*: Hardy Perennial.
**: Hardy Biennial.

SOME WORTHY ANNUALS

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| TENDER | | |
NAME |OR HARDY| COLOUR | HEIGHT | REMARKS
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
ASTER | H.A. |All shades|18 in. |Asters are the standby of
Most reliable | |of blues, |- 2 ft. |the late summer and autumn
varieties-- | |purples, | |garden, and for this
Truffants | |and pink | |reason it is better to sow
Victoria | |up to deep| |them in the outdoor seed
QUEEN OF MARKET | |blue, also| |bed than to attempt
(very early) | |white. | |forcing. They require
Comet | | | |light, rich soil, mixed
(quaint and | | | |with old manure, as fresh
artistic) | | | |manure breeds many aster
EMPEROR FREDERICK | | | |ills. Two enemies--lice at
(best white) | | | |the root and black
HOHENZOLLERN | | | |goldenrod beetles on the
(new large | | | |flowers--must be guarded
flowers.) | | | |against--the first by
| | | |digging sulphur powder,
| | | |unslaked lime, nitrate of
| | | |soda, or wood ashes into
| | | |the soil both before
| | | |sowing the seed and again
| | | |into the place where they
| | | |are transplanted; the
| | | |beetle must be dislodged
| | | |by careful hand picking.
| | | |Cover the seeds with half
| | | |an inch of soil, and in
| | | |transplanting set the
| | | |plants from a foot to
| | | |eighteen inches apart,
| | | |according to variety.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
SWEET ALYSSUM, | H.A. |White, | 1 ft. |A cheerful little
Variety | | fragrant | |mustard-shaped flower
Maritimum | | | |borne in short, thick
| | | |spikes, useful for edgings
| | | |or to supply the white
| | | |setting necessary to
| | | |groups of party-coloured
| | | |flowers.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
BALSAM | T.A. |White, | 18 in. |A rapid-growing, tender
Camellia flowered | |peach, | |annual from India, and
| |carmine, | |while rather stiff in form
| |lavender, | |of growth, very decorative
| |rose, | |for the summer borders
| |scarlet, | |surrounding a sundial.
| |spotted, | |The flowers, like
| |and straw | |compact, double roses, are
| | | |very useful for set table
| | | |decorations and may be
| | | |used in many ways.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
Calendula--POT | H.A. |Yellow | 1 ft. |Showy flowers for summer
MARIGOLD | |and orange| |beds, not good for
Calendula | |White | |cutting, as they grow
officinalis | | | |sleepy indoors and in
grandiflora | | | |cloudy weather.
Calendula Pongei. | | | |
fl. pl. | | | |
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
CANDYTUFT | H.A. |White, | 1 ft. |A sturdy white flower
Iberis Coronaria | |fine | |useful for edgings in the
Rocket Candytuft | |erect form| |same way as sweet alyssum.
| | | |May be sown in fall for
| | | |early flowering.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
CORNFLOWER | H.A. | | 1-2 ft.|One of the most
Centaurea | | | |satisfactory of the taller
Centaurea Margaritæ,| | | |growing annuals, the
fragrant | |White | |flowers having some of the
SWEET SULTAN | | | |qualities of an
Suaveolens | |Yellow | |everlasting, and making
Moschata | |Purple | |fine buttonhole flowers
CYANUS--EMPEROR | | | |or house bouquets. The
WILLIAM | |Deep blue | |Sweet Sultans are
(Rich blue | | | |delightfully fragrant, and
cornflower) | | | |the Cornflower one of the
| | | |finest of our blue
| | | |flowers. They should be
| | | |sown in borders or large
| | | |beds where they are to
| | | |bloom and while the Sweet
| | | |Sultans must be spring
| | | |sown, the Cornflower if
| | | |sown in October will bloom
| | | |in May.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
COSMOS | H.A. |White |4-8 ft. |A beautiful autumn flower
Giant fancy | |Pink | |if they are on their best
| |Maroon | |behaviour and bloom on
| | | |time, but like the little
| | | |girl with the curl--when
| | | |they are bad, they are
| | | |horrid.--They take a
| | | |great deal of room during
| | | |a long season which can be
| | | |often used to better
| | | |advantage--planted with
| | | |asters.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
Dahlia | H.H.P. |Various |3-6 ft. |If sown either indoors or
Single and cactus, | | | |in a frame, these Dahlias
mixed varieties | | | |may be as cheaply raised
| | | |as any common annual--with
| | | |the chance of growing
| | | |many beautiful and new
| | | |varieties. The roots may
| | | |be stored in sand in the
| | | |cellar during winter like
| | | |other bulbs.
| | | |I class this seed with
| | | |annuals from the fact that
| | | |it must be sown in spring
| | | |and cannot be left over
| | | |winter in the hardy bed
| | | |though it is a _half_
| | | |hardy perennial.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
Gaillardia, called | H.A. |Red and |1 ft. |Fine daisy-shaped flower
BLANKET FLOWER from| |yellow | |for colour-masses or
its habit of | | | |picking. May be sown in
covering the ground| | | |in the borders after bulbs
with bloom | | | |have died away, and will
Gaillardia, picta | | | |and will bloom until hard
Lorenziania | | | |frost.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
Ipomæa | T.A. | |10-15 |Our most beautiful annual
| | | ft. |vines. The common morning
| | | |glories should be kept
| | | |from seeding in flower or
| | | |vegetable gardens, because
| | | |before you know it the
| | | |strong tendrils will have
| | | |twined about vegetables
| | | |and flowers alike and
| | | |strangled them.
--------------------+--------+----------+--------+--------------------------
Ipomæa | T.A. | | |An early variety of the
| | | |of the popular moonflower
Ipomæa, Mexicana | |Satiny | 15 ft. |
grandiflora | | white | |
alba--Large white | | | |
moonflower | | | |
Ipomæa, Northern | T.A. |Pinkish | 15 ft. |
Light | |heliotrope| |
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Imperial Japanese | T.A. |White, |30-40 |One of the most artistic
morning-glories | |rose, | ft. |flowers of the modern
| |crimson, | |garden, the seed must be
| |all | |must be sown early,
| |shades of | |preferably in a hotbed,
| |purple | |and extra precautions
| | | |taken to insure its
| | | |germination, as the
| | | |coverings are exceedingly
| | | |hard. It is best to soak
| | | |them over night in several
| | | |changes of warm water or
| | | |else very carefully notch
| | | |the shell of the seed with
| | | |a knife. This last
| | | |performance is rather
| | | |risky, if the knife slip
| | | |ever so little, and it is
| | | |best to trust to the
| | | |soaking. For those who are
| | | |in the country only from
| | | |June to October and have
| | | |little room for vines,
| | | |these morning-glories
| | | |will prove a new
| | | |experience, for in flower
| | | |and leaf they present an
| | | |infinite variety of shape
| | | |and marking. The flowers
| | | |are both self-coloured as
| | | |well as marbled, spotted,
| | | |striped, margined, and
| | | |fringed.
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MIGNONETTE | H.A. | |1-2 ft. |These three species of
Miles Spiral | |Green | |mignonette I have found
| | and white| |perfectly satisfactory.
Giant Pyramidal | |Green, | 18 in. |If quantity is desired
| | deep | |rather than quality, the
Parson's White | |White and | 9 in. |seed may be sown thinly
| | buff | |where it is to remain. But
| | | |for specimen stalks to
| | | |come up to catalogue
| | | |descriptions, each plant
| | | |must have individual
| | | |treatment, like the
| | | |asters.
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NASTURTIUMS | H.A. |All shades| |A showy climbing or
Tall | |of reds | |trailing plant, useful for
Make your own | |and | |outdoor decorations and
mixture by buying | |yellows, | |the clean-smelling flowers
the twenty named | |chocolate,| |being equally valuable for
colours offered and| |pink, and | |table decorations.
blending them. | |salmon | |Should be either planted
| | | |on a bank, wall, or in
| | | |front of a fence, stone or
| | | |otherwise. If stone, a
| | | |thick support of peabrush
| | | |should be given, set
| | | |slantwise toward the wall.
| | | |Be careful not to place
| | | |nasturtiums where you will
| | | |look over them toward beds
| | | |containing pink or magenta
| | | |flowers or where they will
| | | |form a background for the
| | | |same, as in spite of some
| | | |beautiful tints of
| | | |straw-colour and maroon,
| | | |the general nasturtium
| | | |colour is dazzling,
| | | |uncompromising
| | | |vermilion-orange.
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PHLOX DRUMMONDII | H.A. | |1½ ft. |A thoroughly satisfactory
Best colours in | | | |flower for the summer
tall flowering class| | | |garden, whether sown
| | | |broadcast to cover beds
Alba | |White | |left empty by spring bulbs
Coccinea | |Scarlet | |or sown in a seed bed and
Isabellina | |Light | |transplanted eight inches
| | yellow | |to a foot apart, when if
Rosea | |Pink | |the dead flowers are kept
Stella Splendens | |Crimson | |well picked off, they will
Atropurpurea | |Purple | |make sturdy, compact
| | | |bushes.
DRUMMOND PHLOX | | |6-8 ft. |The dwarf varieties make
Snowball | |White | |charming edges for hardy
Chamois Rose | |Pink | |rose beds or shrubberies.
Fireball | |Flame | |
Surprise | |Scarlet | |
| |edged with| |
| |white | |
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POPPIES | H.A. | |1 ft. - |Poppies are gorgeous
| | | 18 in. |flowers, but in our
SHIRLEY, the most | |All shades| |changeable climate, as a
satisfactory reds | |class, are too short-lived
of poppies for | | | |to pay their way, except
outdoor decoration | | | |in summer gardens where a
or cutting | | | |brief period of bloom
| | | |suffices, or in a garden
| | | |so large that there need
| | | |be no economy of space.
| | | |Shirley is sown in May and
| | | |again in August for spring
| | | |flowering.
| | | |Even under adverse
| | | |conditions the Shirley is
| | | |always dainty and never
| | | |makes a disagreeable,
| | | |soppy exhibition after a
| | | |rainy period like the
| | | |carnation and peony
| | | |flowered varieties.
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PORTULACA | T.A. |Red, |6-8 in. |A most useful "filler" for
Buy the separate | |white, | |sunny nooks,--rockwork,--
colours and mix | |pink, | |for covering bulb beds,
them yourself, as | |crimson, | |and concealing mishaps
in the commercial | |yellow | |and disappointments.
mixtures both | | | |Its fat, uninteresting
scarlet and pink | | | |foliage, that makes mats
appear in tints | | | |a foot broad and proclaims
that set the teeth | | | |it first cousin to
on edge | | | |"pusley," is covered
| | | |during bright sunshine by
| | | |a wealth of gay flowers
| | | |two inches across and of
| | | |satiny texture.
| | | |Heat, and plenty of it, is
| | | |what Portulaca craves,
| | | |backyards agree with it,
| | | |also dry banks, and even
| | | |seashore sand if there is
| | | |a foothold of loam
| | | |beneath.
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Salvia Splendens-- | H.A. | |2-2½ ft.|The familiar flower that
FLOWERING SAGE | | | |sends up its spikes of
Bonfire | |Intense | |flame from August until
| | flame | |frost--should be sown in
| | | |seed beds and set out from
| | | |one to two feet apart.
| | | |Watch out and do not put
| | | |your salvia where it will
| | | |come in competition with
| | | |the crimson-hued hardy
| | | |phlox tribe. Scarlet
| | | |geraniums and the crimson
| | | |rambler rose in
| | | |conjunction are not more
| | | |painful.
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SWEET PEAS, twelve | H.A. |Various |6 ft. |If sweet peas are to be
good colours | | | |grown in any quantity,
| | | |they should be sown after
Apple blossom | |Pink | |the manner of tall garden
Black knight | |Maroon | |peas and the colours kept
Boreatton | |Deep | |separate. This is a great
| | Crimson | |aid both to their
Coquette | |Primrose | |gathering and artistic
Crown jewel | |Cream, | |arrangement.
| | violet | |
| | veins | |
Duke of Clarence | |Claret | |
Firefly | |Dazzling | |
| | scarlet | |
Gorgeous | |Orange and| |
| | rose | |
Mrs. Kenyon (very | |Primrose- | |
large) | | yellow | |
King Edward VII | |Very fine | |
| | crimson | |
Mrs. Dugdale | |Best | |
| | rose-pink| |
Navy blue | |Rich dark | |
| | blue | |
Primrose | |Light | |
| | yellow | |
Senator | |White, | |
| | purple, | |
| | and | |
| | maroon | |
| | striped | |
Mont Blanc, very | |White | 2 ft. |
early | | | |
Stella Morse | |Primrose | |
| | flushed | |
| | with pink| |
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SUNFLOWERS | H.A. |All shades|4-8 ft. |Cheerful flowers to line
Henry Wilde | |of yellow | |up against fences or at
Primrose-coloured | | | |the back of shrubberies,
Cucumerifolius | | | |whose seeds, if left to
hybridus fl. pl., | | | |ripen, will secure the
a fine mixture of | | | |company of many birds for
new varieties, | | | |your garden through the
decorative and | | | |autumn and early winter.
good for cutting | | | |
Single Russian (The | | | 8 ft. |
Henyard Sunflower),| | | |
large head heavy | | | |
with seeds | | | |
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VERBENA | H.A. | |1½ ft. |The best summer-bedding
Defiance, scarlet | | | |plant that is raised from
bedder | | | |seed, which must be well
Candidissima | | | |soaked before sowing. The
Auriculæflora, | | | |mammoth varieties are the
various, with | | | |most satisfactory, and
white eye | | | |among them are to be
Mammoth, mixed, | |Red, | |found shaded tints of rose
large flowers, often| |white, | |and lavender that have
fragrant, of many | |blue, | |decided perfume.
beautiful colours. | |purple, | |
| |crimson, | |
| |pink, | |
| |striped | |
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WALLFLOWER | H.A. |Gold and |1½ ft. |While the most beautiful
Paris single annual | | Brown | |species of wallflowers are
| | | |in this climate so tender
| | | |that they must be wintered
| | | |in pits or cold frames,
| | | |this single species, if
| | | |sown in spring and
| | | |transplanted, will bloom
| | | |until Christmas.
| | | |It is one of the most
| | | |valuable and
| | | |characteristic plants of
| | | |the bed of sweet odours
| | | |and can be used to fill
| | | |odd nooks, against stone
| | | |walls, or the foundation
| | | |of buildings.
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ZINNIA (Crabbed age | H.A. | |1-16 in.|Bedding annual, of
and Youth) | | | |brilliant colours and
Salmon | | | |vigorous growth. If room
Snowball | | | |is lacking, the dwarf
Sulphur | | | |varieties are best unless
Golden | | | |the soil is very poor. It
Fireball | | | |is best to buy the seed in
Rose | | | |separate colours, and when
| | | |transplanting from the
| | | |seed bed, combine as
| | | |required.
| | | |Avoid the purple and
| | | |magenta shades, they are
| | | |quite impossible.
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