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THE GARDEN BLUEBOOK 



Campanula to the right, in shades of pink and white; in the centre the white 

 Platycodon with the blue Delphinium behind it in its fullest glory at the 

 beginning of the month; and to the left the coral Heuchera, with Delphin- 

 ium and white Phlox also behind it at the beginning, though toward the end 

 of the month the Heuchera will stand alone. To fill this hole we need some- 

 thing of middle height that will harmonize with both coral and blue. 

 Something white would do, but better still will be the graceful pale buff 

 spikes of the Digitalis ambigua. No. 73, so that is what we will use here. 



August. - Flam and Elevation . 



As far as quantity of bloom goes we do not need anything more for 

 July, but the three groups do not seem very well knit together. Suppose, 

 therefore, we put a spot of something in front of Shrub "A" and another 

 spot toward the front of Peony *' B." White or pink these should be, and 

 from two to three feet high. The chart shows us half a dozen or more 

 things that we might use, and of these we will choose for the left-hand spot 

 a clump of Japanese Iris (No. 51) which will give a strong vertical accent, 



