THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



spurs; Delphinium Chinensis, var. grandiflora^ in 

 palest blues and whites; quantities of achillea, 

 valuable but too aggressive as to roots to be alto- 

 gether welcome in a small garden; Heuchera san- 

 guinea, var. Rosamund; heliotrope of a deep pur- 

 ple in the four central beds of the garden nearest 

 the pool, in the centre of each heliotrope bed a 

 clump of the medium tall and early perennial 

 phlox Lord Rayleigh, warm purple (this was an 

 experiment of my own which is most satisfactory 

 in its result); baby rambler roses (Annchen 

 Mueller), and climbing roses (the garden gate at 

 the right is covered with Lady Gay). The arch 

 between upper and lower gardens has young 

 plants of Lady Gay also started against its sides. 

 To continue with companion crops: perennial 

 phlox E. Danzanvilliers, masses of palest lav- 

 ender; Physostegia Virginica, var. alba; the lovely 

 lavender-blue Stokesia cyanea, Scabiosa Japonica, 

 sea-lavender (Statice incana, var. Silver Cloud), 

 stocks in whites and deep purples, the annual 

 phloxes Chamois Rose and Lutea — the latter 

 so nice a tone of old-fashioned buff that it is 

 useful as a sort of horticultural hyphen — and 

 a charming double warm-pink poppy, nameless, 

 which raises its fluffy head above its blue-green 

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