BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



dainty flower, perched on the end of a slender stem 

 and swaying in every breeze. The Eastern wild 

 fellow is red with a yellow center, but we now have 

 many other shades blue and white, lavender and 

 yellow, shell pink, cream color, plum purple, single 

 and double flowers; flowers with spurs curled in- 

 ward, and flowers with such long straight spurs they 

 look like airships. 



You may know the Wild Lupine. It grows along 

 the railroad tracks to cheer travelers, I am sure. 

 You can have them in blue, or white or rose. Their 

 leaves are particularly pretty, shaped like pin 

 wheels, while the flowers are somewhat like tiny 

 sweet peas growing on tall spikes. 



Tufted Pansies or Violas, as they are also called, 

 come up year after year; they make a little bush 

 the shape of a bowl upside down, and are covered 

 with small pansy faces. Real pansies will live over 

 the winter if you throw a blanket of leaves or mulch 

 over them when cold weather comes. 



Gaillardia is called blanket flower, though I could 

 never tell why. They are bright sunflowery blos- 

 soms, and grow strong and tall. 



Gypsophila is also called "Baby's Breath"; that, 

 I am sure, is because it is so delicate. It has the 



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