THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



bell, Ageratum Cope's Pet, Statice latifolia, and 

 a very few buff zinnias, lavender, pink, buff; the 

 combination is truly rich, and the lacelike statice 

 gives the low arrangement the lightness needed by 

 the more solid-looking flowers. 



As I look to the right in the garden I catch a 

 charming composition, not prearranged. It is the 

 level mauve of Sedum spedabile's panicles with 

 the bluish grass back of it, Elymus arenarius. 

 White geraniums, Mme. Recamier, stand before 

 those flowers. The dwarf rambler, Tausendschon 

 (one of the best of all summer effects), with leaves 

 of lavender^below, makes up a September picture 

 breathing all the delicacy of early summer. And 

 only to-day have I arranged a bowl of flowers 

 which seem to me a flowery miracle for late Sep- 

 tember in our climate. Here were pale, straw- 

 colored calendulas, phlox A. Mercie and Mrs. 

 Jenkins, velvety Petunias of deep purple, Statice 

 latifolia, late-sown Nigella Miss Jekyll, Salvia 

 azurea, and lavender annual larkspur, with Ai'- 

 temisia lactifloras sprays to give lightness as 

 well as the statice. All these from the garden of 

 this date. It hardly seems believable. Delicious, 

 lovely, as all the garden seems and is, it would not 

 be as lovely if that delicate creamy sheaf of Ar- 

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