GARDEN NOTES IN 1921 



same Valerian and about ten feet beyond it a 

 forest of little violet spikes of Salvia virgata ne- 

 morosa with round-headed, pure-white clusters 

 near by of Phlox arendsii (white). To the left, 

 where the low sun filters through its bells, is Cam- 

 panula lactiflora in full bloom, its flowers inter- 

 mingled with the strong, clear hue of some good 

 Delphinium, many of whose upper buds are yet to 

 open. Near these tall flowers again others rise, 

 almost as tall or taller — Clematis recta's creamy 

 white, Thalidrum glaucum's clear pale yellow. 

 These horizontally blooming flowers make capital 

 foils for the upright racemes of their blue and violet 

 neighbors. 



And now in the green gloom of a June twilight 

 how line comes out insistent as I survey this gar- 

 den from one corner; the lovely perpendicular of 

 budding Delphinium, of Salvia sclarea's great 

 mauve bloom above its pale leaves of green crape, 

 of Artemisia lactiflora'' s pointed foliage; of the 

 Valerian, now past its best, and of Thermopsis, 

 whose yellow inflorescence rises above the mauve 

 of Salvia. These upright lines are based by softly 

 curving ones of palest rambler roses in full bloom 

 and round heaps of Phlox foliage, and for back- 

 ground there are the level lines of turf, and walk 

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