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flowers the Helenium will show beautifully. In front of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum we might put something blue or something white. White is especi- 

 ally grateful in August, which we will have to consider next, and white will 

 help us to resolve our harmony from one of blue and gold into one of other 

 colors. So looking down the list of plants under two and a half feet high — 

 the height of the Chrysanthemums — we find that No. 89, Achillea; No. loi, 

 Phlox sufFruticosa; No. 120, Dwarf Platycodon; and No. 146 Campanula 

 carpatica are all white and bloom in August and September. The first 

 two are rather high and the last one rather low, so we will choose the 

 Platycodon, a most delightful flower, as its picture will prove to you 

 if you are not already acquamted. The other whites we can use, too, 

 to good advantage, so we will put the Phlox — the white variety Miss 

 Lingard is one of the finest of all the Phloxes — around Peony "B," 

 and the evergreen where it will not overlap anything, and the little 

 Campanula carpatica where its dainty bells will grace the front, at the 

 left hand of our composition. This gives enough for our September 

 picture; white in the foreground, brilliant orange and yellow in the centre, 

 with a suggestion of violet and blue showing toward the back. Miss 

 Lingard, the chart says, will be bloommg also in October, but her white 

 blossoms will not harm the late fall picture in the least, and, rather, will 

 fill up the composition on the right-hand side. 



For August the chart shows us that of those we have already planted, 

 the Althaea, the Campanula, the Platycodon, the Helenium, and the Lilium 

 Henryi will all be in bloom throughout the month, with the Phlox pro- 

 ducing its second crop of flowers toward the end of this period. Yellow 

 and white are our colors. The Hollyhocks we might make also yellow, 

 but to lead up to a change in harmony let us plant them in shades of red 

 and pink, and put in front a patch of the pink Physostegia, leading down 

 to the little white Hairbells in the foreground. To balance this pink tone 

 another patch of pink in the foreground to the right would be desirable. 

 The chart gives for low-growing pink or red flowers blooming in August, No. 

 135, Heuchera; No. 140, Callirhoe; and No. 164, Tunica. The Callirhoe 

 continues into September and October, which is not altogether desirable, 

 while the others lead us toward the spring, so either of these would be 

 more suitable than the Callirhoe. In fact, either would be altogether 

 suitable, but since we have to make a choice, suppose we decide on the 

 Heuchera. That then will fill our composition for August. 



July is of all the months the season of greatest bloom. The chart 

 shows us that we have already on our plan the Althaea, Physostegia, and 



