34 Old Time Gardens 



Thyme. Sweet William. 



Sweet Marjoram. Honesty (to be sold in small 



Tree Mallows. parcels that every one may 



Everlasting. have a little). 



Greek Valerian. Persicaria. 



Tree Primrose. Polyanthos. 



Canterbury Bells. 50 Different Sorts of mixed 



Purple Stock. Tulip Roots. 



Sweet Scabiouse. Ranunculus 



Columbine. Gladiolus. 



Pleasant-eyed Pink. Starry Scabiouse. 



Dwarf Mountain Pink. Curled Mallows. 



Sweet Rocket. Painted Lady topknot peas. 



Horn Poppy. Colchicum. 



French Honeysuckle. Persian Iris. 



Bloody Wallflower. Star Bethlehem. 



This list is certainly a pleasing one. It gives 

 opportunity for flower borders of varied growth and 

 rich color. There is a quality of some minds 

 which may be termed historical imagination. It is 

 the power of shaping from a few simple words or 

 details of the faraway past, an ample picture, full 

 of light and life, of which these meagre details are 

 but a framework. Having this list of the names 

 of these sturdy old annuals and perennials, what do 

 you perceive besides the printed words ? I see that 

 the old mid-century garden where these seeds found 

 a home was a cheerful place from earliest spring to 

 autumn ; that it had many bulbs, and thereafter a 

 constant succession of warm blooms till the Cox- 

 combs, Marigolds, Colchicums and Chrysanthe- 

 mums yielded to New England's frosts. I know 



