THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



wild violet and the pansy should be sown by 

 chance, so that they may grow in undulations of 

 color, and should be relieved by a few prim- 

 roses." 



There never was so rich a time as the present 

 for the great quantity of material available for use 

 in the study of garden color. The range of tones 

 in flowers to-day is almost measureless. Never be- 

 fore were seen pinks of such richness, such deep 

 velvetlike violets, delicate buffs and salmons, 

 actual blues, vivid orange tones, pale beautiful 

 lavenders. Through the magic of the hybridizers 

 we are to-day without excuse for ugliness in the 

 garden. The horticultural palette is furnished 

 forth indeed. Take perennial phloxes alone: for 

 rich violet-purple we have Lord Rayleigh; for 

 the redder purple. Von Hochberg; for the laven- 

 ders which should be used with these, E. Dan- 

 zanvilliers and Antonin Mercie; for whites, the 

 wondrous von Lassburg and the low but effec- 

 tive Tapis Blanc; w^hile in the list of vivid or 

 delicate pinks not one of these is unworthy of a 

 place in the finest gardens: T. A. Strohlein, 

 Gruppen, Konigin, General von Heutz, Selma, 

 Bridesmaid, General Chanzy, Jules Cambon, and 

 Elizabeth Campbell (already an established favor- 

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