THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



English-looking house and walking up the broad 

 brick path, with its border of low grapes trained 

 on chains, one visualized the spring planting of 

 bulbs, which she so delightfully describes. Now 

 the form of the grape leaves, and the fine foliage 

 mass of two Viburnum carlesii flanking the step, 

 take the place of the earlier, more colorful pic- 

 tures. 



In the living-room one's eye was immediately 

 caught and held by a tall jar of Lycoris squamigera 

 (amaryllis halli) which introduced the dominant 

 note of the whole garden beyond. I say domi- 

 nant, because, though at this time of year a phlox 

 garden, with only four strong groups of this lovely 

 amaryllis in the four central beds, yet everything 

 else seems auxiliary, planted to show off and em- 

 phasize its delicate beauty of color. 



In one bed the tall stiff stems with their crown 

 of blue-shaded pink flowers, stood out from among 

 feathery mauve clumps of Statice latifolia. White 

 phlox gave body to the background, echoed by a 

 heavy mass of a clear white geranium at the front 

 of the bed, while between them were zinnias, 

 flesh pink to a dull, almost purple rose, Salvia 

 farinacea, a velvet purple petunia, and at the edge, 

 Stachys and Ageratum. Seen beyond this bed of 

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