304 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



and the white are the best. The colour range of 

 Sweet William is wide; the dark reds are particu- 

 larly fine and there are whites, pinks and a general 

 variety. 



LARKSPUR is a favourite in English gardens; it 

 is used in combination with many plants, such as 

 Lilies, White Daisies and Yellow Pyre thrum, Monks- 

 hood, Snapdragon and Phlox. It is also grown in 

 clumps among the pleached trees, or against a Yew 

 hedge where perhaps it is more effective than any- 

 where else. In the common sense garden it might 

 be grown in front of a brick retaining wall, using 

 elatum, formosum and some of the brilliant English 

 hybrids; with Campanula rotundifolia and pyram- 

 idalis in front and Lilium candidum, L. superbum, 

 L. umbellatum, L. tigrinum scattered through the 

 bed; or in bunches against Rosa Rugosa or Box, 

 as in the round bed. It is raised from seed in July 

 and it is safer to winter it over in the cold frame, 

 although it will grow in the open ground if the 

 young plants are well top-dressed. The improved 

 English Delphiniums grown from seeds of Kelway's 

 named sorts are exquisite, and should be in every 

 collection. 



