THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



value high and wide. At the thought of the vio- 

 let gladioli the vision of those enchanting wreaths 

 of lavender held out from every Buddleia plant 

 floats before my too imaginative eye. The illus- 

 tration shows a group of Buddleias blooming above 

 gladiolus America, which in its turn is grown among 

 hardy French chrysanthemums partly for support 

 from the latter, partly for succession of bloom in 

 the trial garden. 



Phoebus, Nuage, Abyssine, Colibri, and Satel- 

 lite are the lavender or violet flowers I would now 

 name. The first, possessed of long, narrow petals, 

 whose general tone is of Violet de campanule No. 

 2, has markings on the inferior petals of Violet 

 vineux No. 3. These markings are long, pointed 

 blotches terminating in spaces of tenderest creamy 

 yellow; the whole a very handsome flower of the 

 hooded type. In Nuage the throat markings are 

 of Violet rougeatre No. 4, turning below to Violet 

 petunia No. 3; the petals are of a grayish lavender, 

 Violet franc No. 1. Abyssine is a small gladiolus 

 whose general tone is Violet prune No. 4; a flower 

 one would not be without, so velvet-soft, so won- 

 derful in color. Baron Hulot has long been indis- 

 pensable to us all; Abyssine ranks with Baron 

 Hulot. 



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