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rose garden is bound to show at times. Unless it 

 be the curious, but capricious, /. Susiana, reject the 

 strange-colored irises. Choose the clear colors and 

 not too many of them in one class, if the garden is 

 not very large. 



A phlox garden will start to bloom in April and 

 so late as November there is likely to be a bit of 

 flower color here and there. But all through the 

 winter there will be the broad bronzed leaves of 

 P. ovata and the lighter green of P. subulata, P. 

 timoena and P. divaricata. These are April and 

 May phloxes, but not all of them. Later come 

 the tall P. suffruticosa and the taller P. panlculata. 



Lilies, both the true and the false; primroses, 

 for spring only; speedwells, pinks, bellflowers, 

 daisies and mallows are also well adapted for 

 named gardens. 



It is less trouble to buy herbs nowadays than 

 to grow them. Nevertheless a great many more 

 would grow them if they realized the pleasure to be 

 derived from an herb garden. This, indeed, may 

 be made a most delightful retreat as well as a 

 valuable kitchen adjunct. In foliage alone there 

 are enough shades of green and gray to contrive 

 all manner of pleasing pictures. And it is pleas- 

 ant for the clothing to brush against mint, and 

 burnet and other savories. 



For flower color the common calendula, which is 

 a very old pot herb, will give various yellow shades 

 from early summer until well into the autumn. 

 The blue of the common sage blossoms is very 



