GARDEN NOTES IN 1921 



from my paper and see this pale coppery zinnia 

 blooming superbly between the dark leaves of the 

 French lilacs which stand along the walk, and here 

 and there allowing thick clusters of the ageratum's 

 lavender to be seen below the zinnia flowers. It 

 is not easy to describe the color of the zinnia, but 

 I would say that it has almost the varying tones 

 of that lovely tulip, The Fawn. A pinkish tone 

 overlies the buff of the flower and gives it what 

 might be called a tawny effect. No color arrange- 

 ment for a border has more delicacy, more of a 

 subtle quality than this one just described. The 

 colors are of a softness indescribable. 



But another little pathway planting I must 

 touch upon and that is a new note struck this 

 year, along the very short brick walk between 

 hedges of clipped Spirea vanhouttei. Here that 

 rose, Alheric Barbier, is rapidly growling toward the 

 festoon state originally planned for it, and the 

 connection of this border planting with that just 

 described is this: that here, next the brick on 

 either side, is another ageratum far richer in color 

 than Cope's Pet. This is Ageratum fraseri, and it 

 has not before been used in this garden. It is not 

 so tall as the paler ageratum, but its flowers are 

 much larger. Here it makes a most interesting 

 color-pattern along the walk, especially since above 

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