FLOWERS IN SEASON 



American velvet plant. Then, a step lower 

 than these we can have the peony, Dutchman's 

 breeches, bleeding-hearts, larkspur, cardinal 

 flower, hly, iris, the common daisy, canna, salvia, 

 gladiolus, tuberose, Canterbury bells and others 

 of a like stature. Still advancing toward the 

 path, for you will not hide the small plants by 

 putting the big ones in front, are poppies, colum- 

 bines, gas-plants, funkia, candytuft, pinks, the 

 low-growing phlox, balsams, zinnia, mignonette, 

 heliotrope, indeed, a majority of the garden fa- 

 vorites. Of course, if these plants — or any other 

 — are used, their color relations must be consid- 

 ered, not less than their height, and in planting 

 we must also regard their habit of growth: not 

 merely whether they grow lengthwise, but 

 whether or not they spread out sidewise. If this 

 matter is neglected we may plant a gaillardia or 

 amaryllis, and have to look for it later under the 

 spread of a stramonium, or find it strangled in 

 the clasp of a clematis or woodbine. 



It was Lord Bacon's idea that a garden 

 should always be in bloom. So it should, and so 

 it will not be. Bacon's quaint essay on the sub- 

 ject supposes an immense tract laid out with ave- 

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