OUR COUNTRY LIFE 



heliopsis, with the calliopsis and marigolds both Afri 

 can and French and sanvitalia for borders, with 

 calendula and California poppies, with the cenothera 

 from Missouri, and nasturtiums to fill in each empty 

 corner, this open, sunny, happy garden must be a favor 

 ite refuge until frost. 



Imagine an oblong space entirely surrounded with 

 bridal wreath, our May garden, and clumps of gay 

 peonies in every hue in front of them; what a fragrant, 

 exquisite hiding place it would be! This could also 

 be a September garden with Japanese clematis trained 

 on the walls and allowed to run riot over the spirea 

 bushes; and lilies, the Japanese, the pink speciosum, 

 and the white rising above the peony leaves. Again a 

 bower of beauty, yet nothing could be more different. 



Think of a garden all blue and white flowers ! A tan 

 gle of Japanese morning-glory and Jackmani clematis 

 over the walls, white hollyhocks behind the varied blues 

 of larkspur, bachelor's buttons with white double bal 

 sams, and giant hyacinths in the corners ; blue flag about 

 the pool, and later candytuft, lobelia and sweet alyssum 



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