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Wawa canna or the vermilion Brenchleyensis glad- 

 iolus in a rather bold garden grouping and let 

 there be none other in sight. The effect will be 

 a revelation if you are addicted to the variety 

 habit. Or try two varieties harmonized or con- 

 trasted; for a striking violet and yellow combina- 

 tion plant the Blue Jay and Sulphur King gladioli 

 side by side. 



Two of the most graceful and colorful summer- 

 flowering bulbs, the African corn lily (Ixia) and 

 the monbretia, are nominally hardy with protec- 

 tion the latter has stood the test well up in 

 New England, but north of Washington it is best 

 to plant the bulbs in the spring and take them up 

 in autumn. Ixias and the closely allied sparaxis 

 have strange color combinations, even seagreen 

 with a black center. Plant by named varieties; 

 a mixture is horrible. Monbretias run the whole 

 gamut of vermilion, orange and yellow shades. 

 These also ought to be planted by named varieties. 

 The new hybrids cost more than the old, but have 

 larger blossoms. 



The great white summer-flowering hyacinth 

 (Galtonia, or Hyacinthus, candicans) is treated 

 the same way in the North. Being white, it fits 

 anywhere. Try it with the scarlet Gladiolus 

 Brenchleyensis, or one of the primrose or violet 

 Groff hybrids, instead of using two varieties of 

 gladioli. The height is about three feet, but this 

 is doubled in favorable circumstances. 



The white bugle lily (Watsonia ardernei), from 



