FRAGRANT FLOWERS AND LEAVES 301 



Bee balm in a blaze of scarlet made glowing colour 

 amid so much green, and strangely enough the bluish 

 lavender of the taller-growing sister, wild bergamot, 

 seems to harmonize with it; while farther down the 

 line grew another member of this brave family of horse- 

 mints with almost pink, irregular flowers of great 

 beauty. 



Southernwood formed fernlike masses here and 

 there; dwarf tansy made the edging, together with 

 the low, yellow- flowered musk, which Aunt Lavinia, 

 now quite up in such things, declared to be a "musk- 

 scented mimulus!" whatever that may be! Stocks, 

 sweet sultan, and tall wands of evening primrose 

 graded this border up to another shrubbery. 



Of mignonette the garden boasts a half dozen 

 species, running from one not more than six inches 

 hi height with cinnamon- red flowers to a tall variety 

 with pointed flower spikes, something of the shape 

 of the white flowers of the clethra bush or wands 

 of Culver's root that grow along the fence at Opal 

 Farm. It is not so fragrant as the common migno- 

 nette, but would be most graceful to arrange with 

 roses or sweet peas. Aunt Lavinia says that she 

 thinks that it is sold under the name of Miles spiral 

 mignonette. 



