ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



In the blue border were blue Columbines; 

 the one plant of Greek Valerian, which was 

 blue for a month; then there were German 

 and Japanese Iris, Larkspur in many shades 

 of blue, each of which gave three crops of 

 flowers by cutting each stalk as soon as it 

 ceased to bloom; blue Canterbury Bells 

 (Campanula glomerata and Campanula ma- 

 cranihd) ; Scdbiosa Caucasia; Platycodon; 

 Veronica, and Monkshood. Still another 

 hardy plant with blue flowers was Verbena 

 venosa, which will either grow about eight- 

 een inches high or can be pegged down and 

 will during three or four months cover the 

 ground with its heads of blue flowers. As 

 annuals, I planted Ageratum, which had 

 been raised from seeds sown in hot-beds 

 the first of March; pale blue Centauria, 

 Emperor William Centauria, and blue As- 

 ters. 



The pink border had Spiraea palmata 

 elegans; a number of clumps of pink Phlox, 

 each clump of a different shade; Lilium 

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